Z-results.com

Browser hijackers are threats that have been around for years, in most cases being an annoyance that opens up the way to more severe threats to the infected machines. The way they work is by redirecting the user's traffic constantly and showing pop-ups that lower the quality of browsing. Software such as z-results.com performs annoying actions that need to be eliminated to keep more serious issues from taking root on a computer, such as theft of information. z-results.com has the ability to hijack a range of browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, changing the new tab URL setting, the default search engine settings and homepage options to z-results.com. The changes may seem small, but they may make the browsing difficult quickly, as everything gets routed through the hijacker website.

The search engine itself is linked to a browser hijacker of the same name, with the change of settings made in a way that is impossible to be altered from the browser itself. Every time they are changed back to default, the z-results.com browser hijacker returns them to the settings it forced. This diminishes the quality of the Web browsing for users. The tracking of browsing information, such as the IP addresses, pages viewed, websites visited, search queries and more can be collected by the browser hijacker. The collected data can later be shared with third parties, even with cybercriminals potentially, who may use that data for generating revenue. This data tracking may lead to privacy issues, sometimes even to potential identity theft. The users are advised to eliminate the z-results.com browser hijacker as soon as possible to return their browser to the default search engine settings.