Category Hijackers

Tutorials on removing different type of hijackers.

How to uninstall (remove) Search.searchws2.com

Search.searchws2.com is the hijacker that gets into your PC unnoticed. This is not a virus, but it is one of the potentially unwanted programs. Search.searchws2.com comes to the computer without user consent, in the form of a browser search engine. Search.searchws2.com is a fake search page bringing a lot of problems and can be very annoying.

How to uninstall (remove) Any Search Manager (Mac)

Any Search Manager - is a malicious program, created by Safefinder. Developers position their product as "a simpler way to manage your search". In fact, this program, offered on http://www.anysearchmanager.com/, hijacks popular browsers such as Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox on MacOS. After penetration, it replaces default search engine with own and homepage with own. This search engine redirects users queries to Bing or Yahoo. It is noteworthy, that Any Search Manager authors claim that Any Search Manager collets only non-Personal Information. In fact, Hijacker logs a personal information: the type of browser, the type of the user's device and technical information pertaining to the user's device, language preferences, time stamps, clicks and visited pages, search logs, the operating system, utilized internet service provider, IP Address, and other similar information. All collected data may be shared with third parties, including retailers or media networks.