Search.sidecubes.com is complex infection that consists of adware called SideCubes and browser hijacker Search.sidecubes.com. It aims main browsers - Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. SideCubes is advertising extension that creates special sidebar in your browsers, generates ads and pop-ups and also may control browser search settings. Search.sidecubes.com is search engine that may contain promotional and malicious links.
Sonic Search - is potentially unwanted program that comes bundled with free software without the user's consent. The main task of this program - it is spread in the form of advertising banners, coupons, and pop-up windows. This advertising may refer to popular sites such as Amazon, Walmart, LightInTheBox, and so on. Sonic Search hijacks your browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer) and starts to annoy the user while browsing.
Thesmartsearch.net is a browser hijacker disguised to a search engine. It gathers search activity data to displaying pop-ups, coupons and banners of the third sides to gain income. After being installed to a browser it initiates the changes of the home page and the main search source. Nevertheless, the results given by Thesmartsearch.net are overflown with advertisements, and the links it provides may lead to a malicious website.
Bing.vc is another misleading search page and browser hijacker that can infect one or all your browsers. Usually it attacks Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari browsers. Bing.vc redirects you to Yahoo.com and possibly somehow affiliated with it. It also contains links to social networks and shopping sites. This search engine should not be trusted. It overrides any preset settings of homepage and newtab.
Another wide-spread browser hijacker is www-searching.com. From the first glance it looks like Bing.com and some users will not even find the difference at the beginning. However, when users uses this search he gets results from another doubtful search engine: thesmartsearch.net. Both this pages and search engines are categorized as unwanted and potentially dangerous by major antivirus programs. Your homepage, default search engine settings are changed by www-searching.com.
