Hey, there? I get mad about my browser. It keeps directing me to the Search.searchlwr.com no matter what I do online with it. When I open up a new tab, it is something all about the Search.searchlwr.com and my homepage is also change to Search.searchlwr.com. What is Search.searchlwr.com? Is it safe? Is it a virus? What can I do to get this fixed? Help, please!
Description of Search.searchlwr.com Browser Hijacker
The Search.searchlwr.com, which will direct web surfers to the Local Weather Radar extension whenever it is used as a search engine to search anything from the Internet, has been classified into a kind of hijackers. Some users who show interest in the instant updates on weather forecast may not care about it or even would like to have the Local Weather Radar extension installed to gain the latest weather forecast.But it is still a computer infection because of its malicious purposes and the problems it caused for the computer users.
The Search.searchlwr.com is actually a fake search engine that will redirect you to a customized version of yahoo webpage. It may not ask for permissions to access the system to collect important personal information such as IP address, Internet history and bookmarks to accordingly personalize and push their annoying commercials. It will at the same time hijack your new tab page and Search.searchlwr.com hijacker will always load itself as default whenever a new page is created by the users. Your preferred homepage and search engine will be altered to http://search.searchlwr.com/ when this browser hijacker has successfully sneaked into your computer and you even can’t restore the settings.It is just like that you have been watched over and they know everything about you. What is worse, the sponsors and designers of a browser hijacker are always trying to make every effort to advertise their questionable services or products and to make a profit online without thinking about the inconvenience and unpleasant feelings they cause. A great many of unwanted ads may pop up instantly in an annoying way. And more serious virus and malicious programs may also break into your computer in this case to strengthen their control over you for other purposes. The performance of the infected computer may be reduced greatly and after a long time the computer may even break down. In a word, the Search.searchlwr.com is a browser hijacker that will make a lot of trouble and problems for the computer users, if your computer has been infected, you should take steps to remove it from the computer as soon as possible before more serious damages are caused.
The distribution methods of the hijacker
While installing new programs, many users with little knowledge about computer are accustomed to skipping installation instructions without checking and confirming if there is any unwanted or malicious program bundled with the desired program. It is very often that a software installer contains optional programs like the hijacker we are now talking about, so to help keep away from any kinds of hijackers or malicious programs, it is suggested to always notice the installation procedure when a program is installed no matter how friendly it looks like. In the process of installing a program, it is general that you are provided with a method to check and confirm what will be installed into your computer system by giving the button “Advance”, please always select this “Advance”, and click to start installing the primary program only confirmed by you.
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