Mac Viruses

Wowsearch is a dubious search engine promoted by a potentially unwanted program categorized as a browser hijacker. Such domains will appear as a default homepage each time you boot a browser. As developers claim, their software is meant to provide more accurate search results and customize your homepage to enhance the overall experience. Alongside the assigned search engine (search.wowsearch.net), people can use different shortcuts and links to save time on accessing preferred websites. However, likewise other browser hijackers, Wowsearch generates no unique results. Instead, it displays search queries from legitimate Yahoo, Google, or Bang engines. Therefore, Wowsearch is useless and there is no benefit to be excluded from it. Besides that, browser hijackers are capable of monitoring personal data (e.g. passwords, IP-addresses, geolocations, credentials, etc.) and transferring it to cybercriminals.

Weknow.ac is search engine redirect and browser hijacker, that attacks Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox. Website is set up as homepage, new tab and default search engine. However, user search queries are redirected to webcrawler.com, which is known browser hijacker. Weknow.ac is often accompanied by browser extensions, that controls settings and can have random name. Having potentially unwanted add-on, can be dangerous for privacy as hijacker collects browser data and use it for commercial purposes.

Popcorn Time is an application that is meant to soften your evening by providing a platform for watching films. These films can be downloaded via torrent clients or watched online. Unfortunately, this page is determined as adware since it redirects users to untrustworthy pages and shows deceptive ads. These redirects can be dangerous for your data since they can run executable scripts to cause background infections. Sometimes promotional websites and Popcorn Time itself can ask you to log in or give some personal details, however, because these websites are not certified and non-legitimate, providing your data for third-parties figures can be a huge risk. Although Popcorn Time may seem legitimate and safe, we recommend you to delete it from your computer by using our instructions below.

Print My Recipes is a rogue extension categorized as a browser hijacker. At first glance, the activity of this application is meant to enhance browsing experience by changing the search engine to hp.hprintmyrecipes.com and adding some new features. This specific program aids users in searching for different recipes, however, this feature can be very annoying and dangerous in some cases. Print My Recipes send dozens of ad notifications to your desktop which can lead to malicious websites. Besides that, it is worth mentioning that browser hijackers can gather your data (passwords, IP-addresses, geolocations, etc.) and sell it to third-parties figures. Most users elaborated that even after uninstalling the program, it keeps coming back over and over again. This is because it leaves certain files after deletion that reinstall it once again. Therefore, to delete it, you should use more advanced methods that are listed in the article below.

Mazy Search is a paradigm of pure browser hijacker that alters browser settings and switches your search engine to browser.mazysearch.com. Besides replicating search results from legitimate Google.com and showing intrusive ads, it also adds "Managed by your organization" headline in the menu of your browser. This means that extortionists have full control over your browser and can manage it by sending commands remotely. This, in itself, creates a soil for cybercriminals to collect your data (passwords, IP-addresses, geolocations, etc.) and sell it to shady figures. Unfortunately, any attempts to disable or delete the Mazy Search extension get negated because of the potentially unwanted program that might be installed on your system. To ruin fraudulent plans and bring the safe experience back, you should delete Mazy Search right now through our free guide below.

Exinariuminix.info was determined as another browser hijacker that displays malicious banners and ads. Initially, Exinariuminix.info is a legitimate advertising service, however, some frauds exploit its capabilities for injecting low-sort advertisements and generating money on them. Furthermore, if you encounter Exinariuminix.info at the start of your browser, then this is because it crawls into "Scheduled tasks" (Windows application to automize different processes) and creates registry value for Exinariuminix.info to pop up once the browser is opened. Thus, whatever you do to prevent its stubborn appearance, it will come back multiple times until it is scheduled in Windows settings. Note that Exinariuminix.info allows its developers to collect personal data and sell to cybercriminals. To prevent this, you should delete it from your PC as soon as possible. Our free guide below will help you to do so.

1337x.to is an example of a dubious peer-to-peer domain for sharing multiple files. This means that users themselves can upload own files (software, video, images, movies, music, games, etc.) and therefore exchange it with others. Although 1337x.to has got a pretty fancy interface, its activity cannot be trusted since some of the posted files may contain malware. Basically, those who upload their files could unintentionally download them from other malicious resources and compromise your data as well. Furthermore, websites of these can use shady advertising networks that promote dubious content. By downloading files, you can also be force-redirected to other pages displaying poor content. If you see 1337x.to regularly without permission, then your system might be infected with apotentially unwanted program. To figure it out, follow our free guide removal in the article below.

Prundensearch.com promotes fake search engine and shows suspicious advertisements. These characteristics represent adware and browser hijacker's capabilities. Initially, such apps are ostensibly focused on providing a better browsing experience. However, on the surface, it looks the opposite. Instead of showing smarter and unique results, Prudensearch.com simply redirects users to Bing.com or Webcrawler.com. It has also been spotted that Prudensearch redirects users through another shady engine - Trovi.com. Search engine settings are usually controlled by accompanying extension - PrudenSearch. As mentioned, Prudensearch.com also imposes intrusive banners that contain malicious links inside of them.