Friday, July 18, 2014

What is SearchShock.com?

SearchShock.com is a search engine that provides some functions like Web, Images, Video, News and so on. It looks like a legitimate website that many users consider this site as a useful one, but as soon as this program gets on the target computers, your default web browsers may been changed without asking any permission from you. As a matter of fact, SearchShock.com is a browser hijacker that can attack all main brands of web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Yahoo, and Bing.

SearchShock.com will replace your default search and homepage, and you notice it when you find your search engine and homepage with SearchShock.com http://www.searchshock.com/?q=&region=us&lang=en&cid. It was designed by cyber criminals in order to advertise commercial websites and increase their traffic. Each time you want to search something on the original search, you are redirecting to SearchShock.com its own page or some unwanted websites. Some search results are flood with pop-up ads and sponsored links. Once clicked, some other unwanted applications or malicious ones may be installed on your computer slightly. Once installed, it gets access to your browsing history and can record your search terms, clicks, impressions, browser settings, and other information. So you have to uninstall it from your web browsers in a hurry.

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