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If one were to judge Purchasereviews.net by its name, the Purchasereviews.net website would seem to be associated with a website where sellers could purchase fake reviews for their products. This is already a shady practice that is looked down upon and often grounds for removal from online market places and legitimate search engines. However, the real issue with Purchasereviews.net is not the scam with which Purchasereviews.net is associated but the fact that criminals and shady marketing companies promote Purchasereviews.net through the use of known malware threats named browser hijackers. As their denomination implies, browser hijackers take over the victim's Web browser, hijacking it so that Purchasereviews.net will appear as the victim's homepage, default search engine or whenever a new window or tab is opened on the affected Web browser. If any of these symptoms are appearing on your computer, ESG security researchers strongly advise to use a reliable anti-malware application to scan and remove the browser hijacker infection.

The cause of Purchasereviews.net redirects is a browser hijacker infection, not exactly a virus or a Trojan infection. These usually take the form of a Web browser extension or toolbar that can be found bundled with freeware programs downloaded from third party sources. Because of this, it is important to download software only from legitimate sources, preferably directly from the developer (criminals can often fragment legitimate software so that it will include third party programs such as browser hijackers associated with Purchasereviews.net). Once installed on the infected computer, these browser hijackers cause the infected computer to visit Purchasereviews.net repeatedly, both by making changes to the infected Web browser's settings and by making changes to the Windows file that determines how your computer connects to websites.

Since Purchasereviews.net redirects are caused by unwanted Web browser extensions, the first step in getting rid of these infections is actually removing the browser hijacker. This can often be done manually from the Add and Remove Programs Control Panel. Anyhow, it will generally also be necessary to undo any harmful changes made to the infected computer's settings and to execute a full scan of the compromised computer using an updated and trustworthy anti-malware program. To prevent further infections, always check to make sure that other programs are not being installed along with any software you download.