MovieCenter Search
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| Ranking: | 10,835 |
| Threat Level: | 10 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 1,341 |
| First Seen: | September 7, 2017 |
| Last Seen: | September 12, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The MovieCenter Search is a browser hijacker that may be part of free software bundles, ones that users may find on the Internet. The source of these downloads may not be official. Therefore these bundles may be paired with questionable content. Whenever the MovieCenter Search browser hijacker is installed on an affected system, it will change the set homepage to eanswers.com, doing the same with the default search engine provider. The MovieCenter Search browser hijacker is most commonly bundled with other free software you can find on the Internet, such as false security updates, optimizers and so forth. In many cases, these websites offer free bundles that may hide unlisted software that gets installed during the setup of the original choice. That may be done without the users ever being warned, as it is not announced in any way so that they may find themselves with MovieCenter Search on their machines without their participation.
Whenever the MovieCenter Search browser hijacker gets installed on a PC, users may detect its presence due to some symptoms, such as the following:
- The default search provider of the computer's Web browser may be changed to eanswers.com.
- The MovieCenter Search also may change the search provider of the built-in search box to eanswers.com as well.
- The MovieCenter Search also may modify the new tab function of the affected browser to launch its modified search portal page to eanswers.com.
- The MovieCenter Search loads up into the Web browser through the use of the extension or add-on bearing the MovieCenter Search name.
