Cbadenoche.com

By ZulaZuza in Browser Hijackers

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Cbadenoche.com – A Google Knock-off With Dozens of Clones

The creators of Cbadenoche.com are not subtle when it comes to ripping off Google. Cbadenoche.com's layout is designed to copy the layout of Google blatantly. Basically, the Cbadenoche.com website looks like the Google search engine's main web page, except for the fact that the awkward name Cbadenoche is displayed using Google's trademarked colorful letters on a white background. Cbadenoche.com is part of a batch of fake search engines released in the final months of 2011 and beginning of 2012.

The criminals behind Cbadenoche.com may be also responsible for the 'Puma' search engines, such as searchpuma, creditpuma, insurancepuma, and foodpuma, all of which use .com domains and feature a picture of a cartoon feline in the left side of the main web page. ESG security researchers have linked Cbadenoche.com to a dangerous browser-hijacking Trojan known as the Google Redirect Virus. If your web browser is redirecting you to visit Cbadenoche.com repeatedly, this is a sign that your computer system is infected with this Trojan. ESG malware analysts recommend rebooting your computer in Safe Mode or starting it up from an external hard drive, and then scanning all drives with a reliable anti-malware scanner.

How the Cbadenoche.com Scam Works

It is no coincidence that Cbadenoche.com looks like a blatant Google rip-off. Criminals use fake search engines like Cbadenoche.com to prey on inexperienced computer users that may have trouble understanding how simple online tasks (like carrying out an online search) should work. Basically, when an infected computer is utilized to accomplish a search on the real Google search engine, the Google Redirect Virus changes the links included in the search results while maintaining everything else intact. When the victim clicks on these links attempting to go to the website listed in the results, the link instead takes them to Cbadenoche.com.

Inexperienced computer users, who see a website so similar to Google, may think that this is somehow a normal occurrence and try their web search again on Cbadenoche.com's fake search feature. However, all results that Cbadenoche.com displays are nothing more than spam and advertisements for various websites promoting online scams or malware in other ways. Victims of Cbadenoche.com-related browser hijackers may also find that their default search engine and homepage have been changed to Cbadenoche.com and that the Cbadenoche.com website has been added to their list of favorite sites and bookmarks.

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