Xaarky.com

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

The Xaarky.com site is presented to Web surfers as a useful Meta tags search service that is similar to Google. At first glance, Xaarky.com is aimed at Spanish-speaking netizens, and it does not support a version in English. A closer look at Xaarky.com revealed the site is functioning from 2005 onward and has a search plug-in that you can add to the browser. The Xaarky.com search plug-in is programmed to alter your default search provider to Xaarky.com, and you canreach the app in the top right corner of Xaarky.com. The Xaarky.com Search plug-in may be deployed to users with free software packages. You might be surprised to find Xaarky.com as your default new tab, search aggregator, and homepage if you do not explore the 'Advanced' and 'Custom' options of free software packages.

The Xaarky.com site can load results in English, Spanish and a dozen other languages but it is tailored to handle requests in Spanish primarily. Additionally, Xaarky.com offers access to text-based links only. Web surfers may find Xaarky.com lacking in terms of image, video, audio and eBooks searches. At the time of research, Xaarky.com does not appear to support search filters like Google, Bing and Yahoo. It may take a while to regulate to Xaarky.com if you like its non-intrusive design. PC users that do not like being redirected to Xaarky.com and not know how the Xaarky.com Search Plug-in got in their system may suspect being infected with a browser hijacker. The Xaarky.com Search Plug-in is not classified as a bad program, but it may prevent users from setting another default search as long as it remains active in the Web browser. PC users that do not wish to use the Xaarky.com plug-in should open the Extensions/Add-ons Manager and uninstall it. You can erase residual files with help from a reliable security scanner.

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