Websearch Hijackers
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| Ranking: | 2,018 |
| Threat Level: | 50 % (Medium) |
| Infected Computers: | 38,865 |
| First Seen: | May 30, 2014 |
| Last Seen: | September 21, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Websearch Hijackers is a browser hijacker that may load the websearch.com page as your default home page site. The Websearch Hijackers threat may cause your web browsers to load unwanted sites or redirect you at random. Through Websearch Hijackers computer users may be presented with various ads or unwanted search results while surfing the internet. Removal of Websearch Hijackers files, including various plugins and add-ons, is required to eliminate the loading of Websearch Hijackers as the default home page. Usually this removal process is done automatically through using an updated antispyware application.
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SpyHunter Detects & Remove Websearch Hijackers
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | D27.x64.dll | 600ff6994d8cddce04773e8c738d303d | 52 |
Registry Details
Directories
Websearch Hijackers may create the following directory or directories:
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\MySearch |
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\SNT |
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\MySearch |
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\SNT |
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\SeaRcchh-NEwTaabb |
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\SeaRch-NewTab |
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\SearchNewTab |
| %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SeaRch-NewTab |
| %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SearchNewTab |
| %APPDATA%\SNT |
| %AppData%\LocalLow\SeaRcchh-NEwTaabb |
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hnpkiooaijdehoighkoeichlbmjcgjgm |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\MySearch |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\SNT |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\Search-NewTab |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\WebSearch |
| %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\SNT |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MySearch |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Search-NewTab |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\WebSearch |
| %USERPROFILE%\SNT |
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