Threat Database Browser Hijackers Search.searchquicks.com

Search.searchquicks.com

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 3,676
Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 8,838
First Seen: July 28, 2017
Last Seen: September 21, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Search.searchquicks.com site is presented to Web surfers as a free search service that provides search results via a customized Yahoo engine. Search.searchquicks.com is not among the Top 10 or the Top 20 search services on the Web, and many users may not be familiar with Search.searchquicks.com. The portal is associated with the 'Quick Search' browser extension that is a product of Eightpoint Technologies Ltd. which you may know for apps like Easy Television Access and Directions Express. The generic name of the 'Quick Search' extension may be intended to fool users into thinking that it is part of their browser's native features. The Eightpoint Technologies Ltd. is known to participate in the development of an ad-supported program, which aims to reroute users to unreliable search engines.

The 'Quick Search' app is not an exception, and it is programmed to redirect users to Search.searchquicks.com. Additionally, the 'Quick Search' app may be listed as 'Saferbrowser Yahoo Search' in some cases. The 'Quick Search' extension may make modifications to the Registry and your Internet clients. These modifications may concern Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Computer users that have installed the 'Quick Search' app may notice that their new tab and start page load Search.searchquicks.com and be invited to set the 'Saferbrowser Yahoo Search' as their default search provider. At the time of writing, Search.searchquicks.com is a newly registered site and does not appear to support the same functions available on Google and Bing. Search.searchquicks.com works as a redirect-gateway to Search.yahoo.com, and there is no option to customize the service. The 'Quick Search' extension is an ad-supported product and may read information like your Internet history and record your input on Search.searchquicks.com to display targeted advertisements on your screen. PC users that do not welcome the 'Quick Search' app may want to use a trusted anti-malware scanner to remove files connected to Search.searchquicks.com.

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Search.searchquicks.com may call the following URLs:

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