Mac Viruses

Highlight Searches is a product of advertising software distributed through pirated and freeware resources. Usually, it works on the basis of browser add-ons that can be installed in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer. Browser extensions can sometimes be a very useful thing. They can aid you in browsing experience alleviating certain processes. Unfortunately, Highlight Searches is far from being useful. This extension does nothing but spread annoying and intrusive banners or coupons around pages you visit. Some pop-up ads are offering different sales to save money whilst shopping online. Even so, it is not recommended to click on them since they can lead to chains of unwanted or malicious domains. Overall, Highlight Searches is useless and dangerous to some extent. It may also gather personal data after modifying certain browser segments. To prevent this and many other confidential threats, it is strongly advised to remove Highlight Searches from your computer. Below, we will show you effective methods to do it.

If you see Quicki-search.com appear instead of your default homepage domain, more likely your PC is infected with a browser hijacker. These types of programs are not categorized as malware, but unwanted software causing suspicious changes. For example, all of your search queries will be redirected through the chain of third-party engines. This specific hijacker exploits quicki-search.com and www.surfisnow.com before sending users to legitimate Bing. Such chains are made to gain traffic of visits illegally generated by third-party engines. In addition to that, browser hijackers have the ability to spy on sensitive data (passwords, IP addresses, geolocations, etc.). This is why letting Quicki-search.com run on your PC becomes even more dangerous to your private life. As a result of this, you can be a victim creating passive income for cybercriminals. To avert this and many other threats, it is important to delete Quicki-search.com from your computer. Use our guide below to do it.

Fast Captcha Solver is a browser infection that configures your settings to display unpleasant content. Usually, it is an unwanted program getting unintentionally installed on your system to force some browser changes. For example, Fast Captcha Solver assigns the "fastsolvecaptcha.com" domain address to be opened each time at browser startup. It alters some startup values to make this website stick around your browser until you remove the program. Fastsolvecaptcha.com asks users to click on the "Allow" button to confirm that you are not a robot. In reality, this action will permit the website to send a stream of suspicious advertisements right to your desktop. The featuring ads may look innocent or even useful at first glance, however, some of them might contain redirects to potentially dangerous pages. All of these traits make Fast Captcha Solver classified as both adware and browser hijacker. It can also access what you enter during browser usage. People who see "Fastsolvecaptcha.com" multiple times will more likely get tired of it and allow the required action eventually. Although browser hijackers and adware are considered to be low-level threats, developers make everything sure that users are unable to delete the program and lift the changes on their own. Therefore, you will need to use some professional help presented by experts in the article below.

Tabsearch.net is an unwanted search engine being part of a browser hijacker. The program that adds such changes does alter your browser settings to configure the search options. After Tabsearch.net becomes your default homepage, the queries entered in the bar will be redirected through series of unwanted links and eventually end up on legitimate Yahoo or Bing pages. The main goal pursued by cybercriminals is traffic generation and data collection for revenue gains. Tabsearch.net might have access to what you enter around the web and sell it to dark figures. Also, the extension promoting Tabsearch.net has adware capabilities. This means that the searched content may be accompanied by an increased number of unreliable ads generated by the extension. To remove these changes and avert privacy leaks, you should delete the extension or program (often both) affecting these changes. Follow our guide below to learn the necessary instruments to do it.

Developed and published by SuperWeb LLC, Discovery App is a potentially unwanted extension that bears the capabilities of adware. This can be clearly seen in the promotion of various ads during the browsing session. Since Discovery App has access to your browser settings, it can analyze your location, IP-address, and display the content based on the collected data. As you search through the web, you may start seeing a number of news ads and product offers targeting your country or even a city. The extension claims such functionality is useful for people who want to compare prices and save money on online shopping. Whilst this sounds prolific indeed, Discovery App is not trusted in how it stores and uses your data. Not excluded that this app sells it to cybercriminals or other figures hunting for personal data. This is why it highly-recommended to remove Discovery App as it is potentially unwanted and might harm your privacy state. Both removal instructions and protectionary tips can be found in the article below.

There is a lot of Potentially Unwanted Programs strolling around the web. Big Linker is one of those using hijacking abilities to promote a series of suspicious content. It does so by linking your browser settings with fake search engines. Put differently, all of the queries entered during the usage will be redirected through chains of unwanted engines originating with keysearchs.com, my-search.com, and ending up with the legitimate Bing system. Browser hijackers tend to abuse a range of legitimate engines to generate illegal traffic. The presence of such changes impacting your PC can also spell the risk of data-surveillance. This means that Big Linker can record the data you use during the session (e.g. passwords, IP-locations, geo addresses, etc.). Based on everything mentioned, it is necessary to remove Big Linker to prevent privacy threats. Before doing so via our tutorial below, you can also get to know how Big Linker could infect your system.

PDFConverterSearch is an unwanted application providing access to file-converting services right from the browser homepage. Whilst these features may be found useful for some of the users, PDFConverterSearch is still categorized as a browser hijacker. The reason for the poor reputation of such programs lies in their ability to spy on personal data and promote dubious content. For example, PDFConverterSearch changes your search engine to pdfconverter-search.com, which makes all of your queries redirected through it. Because pdfconverter-search.com is not capable of generating unique results, it channels your queries through legitimate Yahoo search to make illegal traffic. By doing so, developers are able to earn money on people who let PDFConverterSearch run on their system. To prevent this and similar applications from collecting your data, you are advised to remove it once spotted. Below, you will find the necessary tools to do it.

Developed for Mac, StandardBoost is an unwanted program having both adware and browser hijacker capabilities. These traits are clearly seen in the delivery of dubious ads and fake search engine that replaces your homepage. Such changes are hard to be categorized useful. For example, the new search engine applied by StandardBoost does not generate unique results, instead, it redirects search queries through other legitimate systems (Yahoo, Google, Bing, etc.). Browser hijackers and adware are also renowned for their data-tracking abilities. Simply said, if your system is controlled by one of these apps, chances are, data like passwords, IP-addresses, and geolocations can be collected and sold to third-party ventures. This is why there are serious reasons to remove StandarfBoost from your computer. Follow our guide below to learn how.