Searchamong.com
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| Ranking: | 7,844 |
| Threat Level: | 50 % (Medium) |
| Infected Computers: | 6,658 |
| First Seen: | February 12, 2013 |
| Last Seen: | April 24, 2024 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Searchamong.com Image
The Searchamong.com website is a Google clone that has a very similar layout to the famous search engine, apart from the fact that Searchamong.com is deprived of the famous Google logo on the top center part of the page. This low quality search engine has been associated with the Search Among toolbar, a malicious toolbar or web browser add-on that causes browser redirects and other unwanted symptoms. If your computer is coercing you to visit Searchamong.com repeatedly and that your homepage has been changed to Searchamong.com, then it is important to remove the browser hijacker associated with Searchamong.com immediately. Fortunately, this browser hijacker can often be removed easily through normal removal procedures.
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Common Symptoms of Malware Infections Associated with Searchamong.com
Security researchers have linked the SearchAmong Toolbar with a fake video player that is commonly downloaded from websites with pornographic content or bundled along with popular movies on file sharing websites. Once installed, this browser hijacker will change the infected web browser's settings, replacing its homepage and default search engine with Searchamong.com. The main symptom of a Searchamong.com-related infection is the SearchAmong Toolbar, prominently placed on the top part of your web browser. Internet Explorer is particularly vulnerable to malware associated with Searchamong.com redirects. However, other web browsers may also be infected in the form of malicious plug-ins or browser add-ons.
Most of the time, this malicious toolbar will be installed after a fake online video will request that the computer user install a media player of codec. The SearchAmong toolbar will commonly be included in the installation process. Although it is not impossible to invalidate the installation of this toolbar, few computer users notice this option and instead end up installing this potentially unwanted program and agreeing to its terms and conditions. Searchamong.com-related malware affects different web browser using diversified techniques. In the case of Internet Explorer, it will be necessary to, using the Add/Remove Programs option, uninstall the toolbar from the Windows Control Panel. In the case of other web browser, it is only necessary to remove the SearchAmong Extension. Once removed, ESG security researchers advise restarting the infected computer in Safe Mode (to prevent malware from loading automatically on start-up) and using a reliable, fully updated anti-malware program to scan all drives in the affected computer.
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File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | _a.exe | 0eec37df948ec3c927ea1a8468fca41c | 2,213 |
| 2. | SearchAmongToolbar.dll | ec610e116a717c7aaa201d94514c0449 | 1,795 |
Directories
Searchamong.com may create the following directory or directories:
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SearchAmong Toolbar |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\SearchAmong Toolbar |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchAmong Toolbar |
URLs
Searchamong.com may call the following URLs:
| searchamong.com |
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