instasrch.com

The instasrch.com is a search engine that redirects the users to Bing[dot]com. This website has potential links to a browser hijacker with the same name. What the browser hijacker does is take over the new tab function of the affected browser, setting the page to instasrch.com. It has the ability to affect a wide range of the most commonly used Web browsers, specifically Google Chrome, Opera, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox.

The redirection to Bing may not be a problem for those who tend to use the same search engine, but the fact that the browser hijacker attached to instasrch.com takes over the new page functionality opens up potential risks. The hijacker also may take over the default search engine of the affected browsers, as well as the homepage option as well so that it should be addressed and dealt with if the users want their old browser settings back. Although the redirection itself may not be that unsafe, it may disrupt the usual browsing and enforce an altered search engine pattern that takes the control away from the user so that it should be addressed and eliminated.