Happysearch.org
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| Ranking: | 16,981 |
| Threat Level: | 50 % (Medium) |
| Infected Computers: | 106 |
| First Seen: | April 4, 2017 |
| Last Seen: | September 14, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Happysearch.org is presented to Web surfers as a useful replacement for their homepage, new tab page, and default search provider. However, the site has ties to a browser hijacker that may make unsolicited changes to the Internet client of affected users.A browser hijacker may temper with the settings of Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The Happysearch.org browser hijacker edits the configuration of the Internet client so that the user is rerouted to Happysearch.org whenever a new tab is opened, or starts an online session and search via the Omnibox/search bar. The Happysearch.org browser hijacker may be promoted to users as an add-on that can improve their Internet experience by adding a customized Yahoo search on their new tab page.
The Happysearch.org site is registered to the 109.236.87.241 IP address and behaves very similarity to Startsearch.org and Eusearch.org. We suspect that Happysearch.org is owned and operated by the same team behind Startsearch.org and Eusearch.org because they use the same customized version of Yahoo, do not load results for users who execute extensions like Adblock Plus and sent traffic to the same servers. The Happysearch.org browser hijacker may read information like your bookmarks collection, Internet history and downloads log to help advertisers at Happysearch.org provide relevant marketing materials on your screen. The ads on Happysearch.org may include links to insecure pages and offers to install riskware such as ProcuctRecallAlert and ProtectedIO. The Happysearch.org site is not deemed as a trusted search services provider, and Web surfers may not welcome redirects to the site. PC users that load Happysearch.org without entering a command to do so may want to use a reliable anti-spyware scanner that can remove unwanted software from their machine safely.
URLs
Happysearch.org may call the following URLs:
| http://happysearch.org |
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