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Despite its appearance, ESG security researchers have detected that Qbyrd.com is a fake search engine. This website is disguised as a legitimate search engine and belongs to a well-known online scam. Since the fake search engine scam will usually involve Trojans designed to hijack your browser that serve to hide these malware attackers from detection, ESG security analysts consider that Qbyrd.com is a threat to your computer's safety – even if the Qbyrd.com website itself does not directly attack your computer system.

The Main Danger in Qbyrd.com Lies in Its Associations

According to ESG malware analysts, visiting Qbyrd.com will typically not do anything to your computer system. However, this fake search engine is not designed to provide relevant results. Rather, the results of an online search carried out on Qbyrd.com will usually be composed of websites involved in online scams, promoting illegal products or services or promoting malware of various kinds. Most people visiting Qbyrd.com will usually have no choice but to visit this website. This is because Qbyrd.com is associated to a browser hijacker which takes over the victim's computer system and forces it to visit Qbyrd.com.
Criminals profit greatly from websites such as Qbyrd.com through advertisement revenue. Inexperienced computer users may not be able to distinguish Qbyrd.com from a real search engine. Since browser hijackers associated with Qbyrd.com will usually alter the victim's online search results on real search engine tools (such as Google or Bing) so that they will link to Qbyrd.com, an inexperienced computer user is more likely to try their search again on this fake search engine (allowing Qbyrd.com to display its fraudulent search results). Because of close associations that Qbyrd.com has with malware, ESG security researchers recommend treating any contact with Qbyrd.com – particularly if it involved a forced redirect to this website – as a potential malware infection on your computer system.