At first glance Safesurfs.com looks like a normal search engine that helps the user to easily view popular social pages or find useful information. This hijacker may look something like popular search engines such as Chrome, Yahoo and so on. In fact, it replaces search results and continually shows a lot of advertising banners, links and other things. Safesurfs.com comes bundled with free software without the user's consent.
9o0gle.com is deceptive search engine, that tries to look like well-known search websites. It targets Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers. It provides results from Google Custom Search (cse.goolge.com) and contains quick access links to popular shopping and gaming sites and social networks. 9o0gle.com modifies browser shortcuts and forward them to its URL.
Searchinme.com is typical browser hijacker, that modifies default homepage and search engine in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Visually, website reminds some versions of Ask.com search. However, user requests get redirected to Google.com. Searchinme.com hijacks browser shortcuts by writing www.searchinme.com web address to the "Target" field in shortcut properties.
Safesurfs.net is search engine page, that hijacks Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer settings. It installs as homepage, default search engine and opens as a newtab. Safesurfs.net hacks browser shortcuts to force them open Safesurfs.net every time you start certain browser. This hijacker looks differently, depending on what browser it is installed in. But in general it resembles well-known search engines. Safesurfs.net contains search box, logo and links to popular social networks and shopping sites.
Mytrustsearch.com is fraudulent website that hijacks browser search and homepage settings in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Main page of this search engine is vaguely reminiscent of Google, because of the logo and search button. User searches are actually redirected to Google results. However Mytrustsearch.com uses Google Custom Search and search results are shown on cse.google.com sub-domain.
