Adware.SearchExeHijacker
Adware.SearchExeHijacker is an advertising program that tends to store itself as a Browser Helper Object on a user's system. Adware.SearchExeHijacker can track a user's surfing habits and then display numerous advertisements according to the user's internet activities. Adware.SearchExeHijacker may also display pop-up advertisements and hijack a user's homepage, replacing it with an affiliated advertiser's website. Adware.SearchExeHijacker is not necessarily a malicious program but in the wrong hands it may put a user's confidential information at risk.
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Aliases
15 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.
| Anti-Virus Software | Detection |
|---|---|
| Symantec | Adware.WebBar |
| Sunbelt | SearchExe Hijacker |
| Sophos | SCBar |
| Panda | Adware/SearchExe |
| Microsoft | Adware:Win32/SearchExeHijacker |
| McAfee | potentially unwanted program Adware-BkdSpace |
| K7AntiVirus | Non-Virus:AdWare.Win32.WindowEnhancer |
| Ikarus | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.WindowEnhancer |
| Fortinet | Adware/Bkdspace |
| F-Secure | AdWare.Win32.WindowEnhancer |
| eWido | Adware.WindowEnhancer |
| DrWeb | Adware.SearchEnh |
| BitDefender | Application.Scbar.J |
| AVG | Generic.IQJ |
| Avast | Win32:Adware-gen |
SpyHunter Detects & Remove Adware.SearchExeHijacker
File System Details
Adware.SearchExeHijacker may create the following file(s):
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | se.EXE | 76788b1991ade9b017c321bce7ce8851 | 0 |
