SearchMine

The SearchMine application is a very silent and dodgy piece of software circulating the Web. It would appear that the SearchMine software is being propagated via a bogus 'Adobe Flash Player Update.' Users have reported that they were presented with the update on a website they had visited. Often, shady websites would be used to propagate dodgy applications via fake updates. Such sites tend to state that the user will need to apply the update if they want to be able to view their content. Additionally, the Searchmine.net site is known to be associated with application or spreading of the related components that result in unwanted actions of web browser programs. This technique allows the spreading of PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs), various adware, as well as browser hijackers.

The SearchMine software and Searchmine.net website can be classified as a browser hijacker. This application is able to install itself on the user's system quietly without them ever noticing its presence, potentially from the Searchmine.net website. The SearchMine and the Searchmine.net site targets and affects all popular Web browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Several OSX users also have reported that the SearchMine (Searchmine.net) has hijacked their Safari Web browser as well. When the SearchMine infiltrates a browser, it may change the homepage and tab pages, as well as the default search engine used by the browser. Despite the actions of the SearchMine application not being unsafe in their nature, it is still applying changes that the user never asked for and never wanted in the first place.

If you are not happy with the presence of the SearchMine on your system or the loading of the Searchmine.net site, it is best to download and install a reputable anti-malware tool and use it to scan your PC and remove the SearchMine from your computer.