Sunday, February 26, 2017

Search.searchfindactivec.com virus removal

Search.searchfindactivec.com Description

“Find Active Coupons” is a desktop application that takes over on your web browsers and set Search.searchfindactivec.com as your new homepage, also as favourite search engine. Afterwards, whenever you computer is connected to the Internet, you notice that your web browser is acting weird. You also notice that your queries are being redirected to irrelevant sites and a bunches of advertising pop ups and banners are being continuously inserted on the web pages that you visit. In its End User License Agreement, we saw that Search.searchfindactivec.com is coded to set your browser's settings without any consent. Unfortunately, this browser hijacker is compatible with all 3 major web browsers – Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer. Besides, the deceptive search engine application also lower your computer security by alter DNS settings and Safe Content Policy without your awareness. Apparently, it is has capable of compromising Microsoft Windows as well as Mac OS X.

Search.searchfindactivec.com virus removal

Further, Search.searchfindactivec.com is technically not flagged as a malware/virus. But it doesn't mean that it is risk free. Unless you don't want to customize you home page or search engine, it is totally useless on the computer. Next, you should know that at first view, Search.searchfindactivec.com looks like a legitimate search provider page featuring few useful websites shortcuts on its main page. When you search your queries, it redirects your browser to a customized Yahoo search engine result page without your permission. Where you see less relevant results and more unwanted advertising contents. What's worse, in the name of improving your search results, unlike Google/Bing, Search.searchfindactivec.com collects your personal identifiable informations and sell out it with interested third parties – hackers or Advertisers.

What should you do against Search.searchfindactivec.com (Redirect Virus)

If you are not comfortable with behavior of Search.searchfindactivec.com, then you should remove it from your computer as early as possible. To prevent redirect virus attacks in future, you should not make following mistakes while using your computer or surfing internet.

First, you must never install free software/games without checking through Custom/Advanced installation process. You should always decline optional programs installation and then continue installation process.

You should never download/install existing programs updates from certainly readdressed unsafe domains. If it is necessary to install updates, first you must verify the update providing source and then continue installation.

Also, it is not beneficial to double spam emails attachments arrived from unknown source. Such emails carry Search.searchfindactivec.com as attached file. Once you execute it, your computer gets infected with Search.searchfindactivec.com.  

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