Quickstart.ninja

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 2
First Seen: April 17, 2017
Last Seen: July 24, 2018
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Quickstart.ninja is a questionable search engine website, which may be unsafe because it is related to PC infections that include browser hijackers and adware. Adware and browser hijackers may compromise a Web browser and modify the default homepage and search service with Quickstart.ninja, or open it as a new tab page. Security infections related to Quickstart.ninja also may replace a search box in the default search tool with its own by not permitting the computer owner to restore it to default settings unless it is completely uninstalled. Quickstart.ninja may come packaged with free apps that computer users download from the Web.

PC users may set their computers in danger by installing adware and browser hijackers when downloading free programs from unprotected download websites. Quickstart.ninja also may show various random pop-up ads on the screen of the PC. Adware and browser hijackers connected with Quickstart.ninja may substitute the search results in any legal search provider with irrelative Web links rerouting computer users to tricky websites involving Quickstart.ninja, which were produced with the purpose of trying to make a profit from clicks on ads and increased website traffic. The removal of Quickstart.ninja should be accomplished with an anti-malware product.

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