Vega Search 123

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

The Vega Search 123 service is known under another name as well - VebaSearch and has a bad reputation. Vega Search 123 (a.k.a. VebaSearch) can be found on Infosearchbox.com and Vebasearch.com and is associated with adware and browser hijacking applications alike. Security experts advise against using the Vega Search 123 service for your regular Internet browsing and finding online banking pages. The search engine on Infosearchbox.com may not work correctly while the one on Vebasearch.com appears to be working fine. At the time of posting this, the work on Infosearchbox.com might be complete, and it may function identically to Vebasearch.com.

However, you should not use Vega Search 123 for your Internet activity. Both portals that host Vega Search 123 (a.k.a.VebaSearch) are marked as untrusted and may provide links to phishing pages. If you are redirected to Infosearchbox.com, you might be infected with the bGuard, which we know to promote Vega Search 123. Security scanners may show alerts that mention PUP.Optional.SearchEnhancementTool, PUP.BestToolbars/Variant and ADWARE/Agent.1831629 which are connected to the 213.171.197.9 IP address of Infosearchbox.com. The Vega Search 123 browser hijacker is known to be packed as an NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) executable and might run portably. That way users may not find the Vega Search 123 browser hijacker easily, and it is not likely to be listed in the 'Control Panel.' We should add that the Infosearchbox.com portal may send data like your IP address, OS type, browser type, and search criteria to third parties for marketing development purposes.

The Infosearchbox.com site may have 'share' buttons that allow you to share the content you are on with friends on social media like Facebook and Twitter. Needless to say, the Vega Search 123 might use the 'share' button to read data on your profile and post commercial content from affiliate advertisers without your notice. Experts advise against using Vega Search 123 and its clones to avoid security problems. You can use an anti-spyware instrument to delete the files related to Vega Search 123 (a.k.a.VebaSearch) effortlessly.

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