Segoonow.com

Segoonow.com is the address of a dubious search engine. It seems to lack the functionality to produce unique search results and instead redirects the user's search queries to the legitimate Bing engine.

It is extremely unlikely for users to decide to switch to such unproven and mostly unreliable search engines. That is why most fake search engines proliferate themselves via a browser hijacker application. The core functionality of a browser hijacker is to take over the user's Web browsers and force them to open the promoted address. Typically, this involves modifying the homepage, new tab page, and the default search engine settings. Users will find themselves unable to revert these settings to their original state, while the browser hijacker is still present on the system.

Another important aspect to keep in mind is that these applications are spread via deceptive methods designed to hide the installation of the intruder application from the attention of the users specifically. The most widely used tactic is called bundling and it sees the unwanted application wrapped inside the installation settings of another, far more useful software product. The reliance on such underhanded practices classifies these applications as PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs).

Segoonow.com follows this plan almost exactly. Users have noticed that the fake search engine started appearing after a mysterious application named WebCompanion was installed on their systems. Many speculate that the application was introduced as part of the installation of a popular torrent program.