Guard-Search.com

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 5,575
Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 9,874
First Seen: August 19, 2015
Last Seen: September 20, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Guard-Search.com site is the official page of the Guardbox software and offers search service to users that install Guardbox. The Guardbox software is published under the GNU Freeware License, and you may have installed it along with WinClock and FindBestDeal. The search engine at Guard-Search.com is a modified build of Bing by Microsoft and users are redirected to the search results page at Bing.com. You should note that Guardbox is developed by IncrediMail, Inc., which is not recognized as a legitimate partner of Microsoft Corp. Installing the Guardbox application is likely to change your start page and default search provider to Guard-Search.com.

The engine at Guard-Search.com is not customizable, and many users may not be satisfied with the quality of results that they receive. Additionally, the Guardbox app may modify the way your start menu works and load content from the Web when you type inside. Security researchers reveal that the creators of the Guardbox software do not participate in initiatives like Google Safe Browsing and Mozilla Phishing Protection, and may load insecure pages and links on your screen. Using Guard-Search.com to surf the Internet may not be a good idea, and you may wish to revise installing the Guardbox program. Guardbox may hijack your browser, limit your access to services by Google and redirect you to Guard-Search.com instead. PC users that wish to restore their start menu and browser functionality to default settings can use a trustworthy anti-malware instrument.

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Registry Details

Guard-Search.com may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
File name without path
http_www.guardbox.net_0.localstorage
http_www.guardbox.net_0.localstorage-journal

URLs

Guard-Search.com may call the following URLs:

guard-search.com
guardbox.net

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