BrowserQuery.com

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BrowserQuery.com is a fake search engine that is associated with a browser-hijacking browser toolbar. The fake search engine scam is a fairly common online threat which has been especially prevalent in 2011. Websites like BrowserQuery.com are designed to resemble legitimate search engines, but are really vehicles for advertisements and spam. Any searches carried out on BrowserQuery.com result in a stream of spam and websites associated with malicious content. This is why, despite its convincingly simple layout and its magnifying glass logo, BrowserQuery.com is considered to be a threat to your computer's security and to your privacy. If you have visited BrowserQuery.com, or if your computer system is showing signs of a BrowserQuery.com-related malware infection, it is important that you use a legitimate anti-malware tool to scan and disinfect your computer system as soon as possible. To bypass most malware's self-defense tactics, you should start up your Windows in Safe Mode, which prevent non-essential programs from launching automatically. Failure to remove BrowserQuery.com-related malware from your computer can result in further malware infections, your private data falling into the wrong hands, and severely decreased system performance.

BrowserQuery.com’s Associations with Malware

The main danger inherent to the BrowserQuery.com website lies in the fact that BrowserQuery.com is closely associated with malware. While the BrowserQuery.com website itself does not seem to contain malware capable of directly infecting your computer system, BrowserQuery.com is closely linked to a variety of browser hijackers. Your computer system will usually be infected by these browser hijackers in the form of a toolbar for your Internet browser. These kinds of toolbars, also known as Browser Helper Objects or applications, are common vehicles for the delivery of adware, spyware or browser hijackers. If your computer system is infected with a BrowserQuery.com-related browser hijacker, you will find that your Internet browser forces you to visit BrowserQuery.com repeatedly. You will also find that your Internet connection's speed is severely decreased and that your computer also becomes slower and more unstable. The main reason behind infecting your computer with malware designed to force you to visit BrowserQuery.com is to generate advertisement revenue. While most websites rely on interesting or useful content to attract visitors (which translates into a profit from advertising), websites like BrowserQuery.com attract visitors by infecting them with dangerous malware.