Toolbars&Hijackers

Developed by MyWay, My Social Shortcut is a potentially unwanted program that is ostensibly meant to improve browsing by altering certain settings. The software of this type is usually categorized as browser hijackers and may come in both software and extension formats. It proliferates users without permission and runs a couple of changes after penetration. To illustrate, the program appends a new search engine (hp.myway.com) and changes the overall interface. If you think that My Social Shortcut is useful and will not damage your privacy, then you are totally wrong! My Social Shortcut has data-tracking capabilities. This means that modifying certain settings allows extortionists to spy on your activity and collect sensitive data. Besides that, My Social Shortcut may require access to your social media to display quick shortcuts on the homepage. Once allowed, swindlers can easily gather your personal details and sell them to cybercriminals.

Pdfconverterguru.com is considered to be a mixture of both adware and browser hijacker that causes an absolute calamity around your browser. Initially, Pdfconverterguru.com stands for a legitimate host that offers you to install a browser-based extension, called File Conversion Now, that provides quick links to the most popular file converters and updated search. Unfortunately, besides the aforementioned, It also installs special scripts that generate suspicious advertisements and banners across the web. Moreover, it is capable of initiating multiple redirects to different websites on its own which means that your data may be exposed to third-parties figures that can exploit it for revenue purposes.

Terra.im is an unwanted search engine, that may appear in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Edge, Safari, and Internet Explorer on Windows and Mac. It was categorized as a browser hijacker because it installs a homepage and a default search engine without user approval in all mentioned browsers. Search results of Terra.im are powered by Google, however, they may contain unverified websites and advertising. The main page of this search engine contains quick links to popular Russian internet resources and shopping websites. To remove Terra.im completely you need to uninstall related programs and remove related extensions from all installed browsers. Here are the instructions to remove Terra.im from various browsers.

Search.becovi.com (Search by Becovi) is advertised as an advanced search engine that will improve your browsing on Mac systems. Dramatically, it is totally opposite as Search.becovi.com is categorized as a browser hijacker that alters inner browser settings for tracking your data. Users get infiltrated with programs of such type inadvertently. After successful penetration, they change browser interface beyond recognition and assign a new search engine (search.becovi.com). This engine is supposedly meant to generate smarter results, however, instead of this, it simply redirects users to legitimate Google or Yahoo services. As mentioned in the beginning, Search.becovi.com can gather personal data (e.g. passwords, history, IP-addresses, geolocations, etc.).

Searchmo.xyz is a suspicious redirect supported by a browser hijacker installed on the system. Sometimes, users may not know whether they are infected or not. However, the biggest premise that hinges on its presence is a sudden change in browser appearance. Searchmo.xyz affects the browser by altering the homepage and changing a default search engine to https://searchmo.xyz. At first look, such manipulation may seem useful, however, these apps are often designed for secretly gathering personal data (e.g. passwords, IP-addresses, geolocations, and others) and selling it to third-parties. This then may result in significant data leaks that completely expose your browsing activity.

If you spotted that your browser interface and search engine have been modified, then these are the symptoms of Coupon Search. Programs that alter browser settings are categorized as browser hijackers and usually infiltrate systems without the user's consent. Once penetrated, the application adds its extension to a browser and requires access to making changes. Coupon Search provides both coupons and web search options. It modifies the browser's search and homepage settings to searchforcoupons-serp.org and installs Coupon Search extension. Simply by typing the keyword into the searching box, people get multiple coupons that can save a lot of money on online shopping. In addition, the program has a pretty user-friendly design that allows extortionists to fall into the trust of people. Unfortunately, the activity of Coupon Search is fake and leads to various privacy issues because cybercriminals tend to record sensitive data (passwords, credentials, IP-addresses, geolocations, etc.) and sell it to third-parties figures.

Search.chunckapp.com or Feed.chunckapp.com is another browser hijacker that ostensibly improves browsing by adding a new search engine. Such changes are usually supported by unwanted applications that can be installed via infected repacks and other shady downloads. After successful installation, the program will change browser settings and assign a new search.chunckapp.com search engine, alter the default homepage and add other "useful" features. The most dangerous about browser hijackers is that they are designed to gather browser-related information such as passwords, IP-addresses, geolocations, history, and other data that cybercriminals tend to misuse. Thereafter, bank accounts/e-wallets can be hacked for revenue purposes. Besides that, settings manipulations can diminish your browsing by displaying malicious ads on each website you visit.

Lkysearchds-a.akamaihd.net is part of the a.akamaihd.net family. We have already discussed searchinterneat-a.akamaihd.net on our blog which is supposedly meant to provide better and more accurate searching experience. Lkysearchds-a.akamaihd.net does exactly the same. It is promoted by deceptive set-ups that modify browser settings resulting in multiple changes. After successful installation, the browser's interface will be refreshed with a new homepage and lkysearchds-a.akamaihd.net search engine as well. Developers claim that their software is capable of generating more relevant results. Unfortunately, this is not true since it redirects users to legitimate websites like Yahoo.com and displays queries from them. Such applications are also classified as browser hijackers since they can stealthily spy on your Internet activity and collect various data like passwords, searching history, credentials, IP-addresses, etc. This information is sensitive and can be sold to third-parties for revenue purposes.