Bettersearch.tk

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 35
First Seen: February 9, 2016
Last Seen: October 22, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Bettersearch.tk domain features a customized version of the legitimate Google engine and features links to popular services like YouTube, Yahoo. Users that experience problems with the Bettersearch.tk domain may want to know that it is associated with a browser hijacker that sets Bettersearch.tk as your default search provider and home page. Security experts note that the browser hijacker associated with Bettersearch.tk may have arrived on your PC as a browser extension by CiebApps part of a free software installer. The Bettersearch.tk browser hijacker may use HTTP cookies, DOM storage data and detect your approximate geographical location to provide advertisers with data like your Internet history and preferred online resources. The Bettersearch.tk search engine may not perform as good as the legitimate Google service, and you may be provided with sponsored results that link to harmful domains. Additionally, the Bettersearch.tk browser hijacker may occasionally redirect you to sponsors of Bettersearch.tk and obstruct your online activities. Users may want to remove the Bettersearch.tk browser hijacker by using a reputable anti-malware instrument.

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Registry Details

Bettersearch.tk may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
File name without path
http_www.bettersearch.tk_0.localstorage
http_www.bettersearch.tk_0.localstorage-journal

URLs

Bettersearch.tk may call the following URLs:

www.bettersearch.tk

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