Startsear.info

By Domesticus in Browser Hijackers

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Startsear.info is a fake search engine. Regardless of its layout and of its big, attractive Web 2.0 icons, Startsear.info is designed to display advertisements and links to websites rather than search results that are relevant to the visitor. Because of this, ESG security researchers strongly recommend staying away from Startsear.info and treating any contact with this malicious website as a potential exposure to malware. Any contact with Startsear.info should be followed with a full, thorough scan of your hard drives in order to detect any intrusions that may have come as a result of visiting this malicious website.

Startsear.info is Closely Associated with Various Browser Hijackers

Staying away from Startsear.info may not come easily to most users. This is because the vast majority of the web traffic to the Startsear.info website is generated through the use of dangerous browser hijackers. Like their name implies, malware of this kind is designed to take over your web browser and to force it to visit malicious websites like Startsear.info. However, do not make the error of believing that the infection is contained within your web browser. Deleting, changing or reinstalling your web browser will do nothing to stop redirects to the Startsear.info website. This is because those malicious rogue search engine's browser redirects are caused by malware that infects your computer system at a deeper level – usually some kind of Trojan infection (for example, Google Redirect Virus) associated with a rootkit component. This malware makes fundamental changes to the way your machine connects to the Internet which means that redirects to Startsear.info will happen regardless of your active web browser.

Dealing with a Startsear.info-Related Infection

In the first place, it is very important to understand that any supposed search results on Startsear.info are completely fake. These are usually advertisements for dodgy online companies that will often cause malware attacks on your system. Because of this, it is important to restart your computer system in Safe Mode and to avoid using your web browser until your computer is back to normal. Once you have rebooted in Safe Mode, you can use a trustworthy anti-malware tool to scan your system and remove any malware that may have been found. To avoid a browser hijacker infection in the future, ESG malware analysts recommend not visiting websites that are considered unsafe and to avoid clicking on unknown links or downloading unknown files.

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