Giw.mapopen.net

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

The Qiw.mapopen.net site serves as an advertising platform for a browser hijacker that may be distributed to users as a Web browser optimizer. The Giw.mapopen.net site is blacklisted by most Internet scanners including Sucuri, Barracuda Web Filter and Cisco Cloud Web Security. You should avoid interacting with the content at Giw.mapopen.net because you may start downloading potentially harmful programs unknowingly. The code of the Giw.mapopen.net page has functions that direct the visitor's Internet client to download and run executable from remote servers without proper encryption and digital signature. The Giw.mapopen.net browser hijacker may read information like your IP address, system version, software configuration and hardware setup to display related deals and promotions. Computer users that are affected by the aforementioned browser hijacker may experience pop-up and pop-under windows that feature links to software like Blockandsurf, FCTPlugin and GoforFiles.

Security authorities alert that the platform at Giw.mapopen.net is used to generate pay-per-install revenue for its operators and the software being promoted may cause critical system errors. The Giw.mapopen.net browser hijacker may work as a background program, and users might not see a shortcut on their desktops and an entry in their 'Programs and Features' list. The Giw.mapopen.net browser hijacker may change your default start page and record your search terms on Google to inject sponsored links on the results page. Security authorities report that the platform at Giw.mapopen.net may include corrupted patches for programs like Java RE, Adobe Photoshop, CorelDRAW and Microsoft Office 365. The handlers of the Giw.mapopen.net site and browser hijacking application are not in partnership with legitimate software vendors, and you should not introduce unsigned binaries from Giw.mapopen.net into your Windows OS. Computer users should consider installing a reputable anti-spyware suite to purge the Giw.mapopen.net browser hijacker from their machines safely.

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