Goinf.ru

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 13,205
Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 388
First Seen: August 5, 2015
Last Seen: September 14, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Goinf.ru is a Russian search provider that also may include links to 3rd-party news websites and other pages that may host misleading or dubious content. The search services that Goinf.ru provides may not reliable, and the results may include sponsored links or manipulated information whose purpose is to trick users into visiting the websites of Goinf.ru's affiliate partners. The Goinf.ru also may use deceptive marketing tricks to attract more users. For example, Goinf.ru is associated with an annoying browser hijacker that can reconfigure a Web browser, so that it may redirect the users to Goinf.ru whenever they try to open a new tab, homepage or search the Web.

Although the Goinf.ru website should attract Russian Internet users primarily, the browser hijacker may attach itself to the Web browser of users all around the world. This means that even people from other continents ma end up seeing Goinf.ru whenever they open their Web browser surprisingly. Naturally, this behavior should not be tolerated, and a reason for it be eliminated in a swift and efficient manner to restore the Web browser's normal behavior and configuration. The Goinf.ru hijacker isn't a high-level cyber threat, but a good anti-malware utility should be used to remove it, since this way you can be sure that all of the hijacker's components will be fully deleted from the computer.

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Registry Details

Goinf.ru may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\goinf.ru

URLs

Goinf.ru may call the following URLs:

goinf.ru
o-mi.ru

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