Category Hijackers

1stserp.com created by ARTEX MANAGEMENT S.A is a typical browser virus, based on Mail.ru search engine, which changes browser settings for a purpose, which described below. Firstly, it is for logging users internet activity, visited sites and search queries. All this data can be shared with 1stserp.com affiliates. Also, the virus usually starts to implement advertisement banners into the browser search results without the user's knowledge.

Search.hquickmapsanddirections.com as well as Search.mymedianetow.com is a browser hijacker, which created for changing of typical browser search services by own search system. The real purpose of this action is to analyze your internet activity and preferred sites. Search.hquickmapsanddirections.com logs all information about visited sites and search queries for commercial partners.

Searchingdog.com is a fake search page that steals Chrome, Mozilla, Edge, and IE. Outwardly, it looks very legitimate and, on the other hand, a useful search engine, moreover, it even looks something like Google search. However, in reality, Searchingdog.com is malware.

Search the universe also known as Search.searchtheuniverses.com is an adware search engine, which usually targets Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and IE. Search.searchtheuniverses.com shows some features, that suggest that Search the universe is a browser hijacker. It's because Search.searchtheuniverses.com changes a homepage on http://search.searchtheuniverses.com and also implements own search engine with a high level of advertisement banners on every infected browser.