Search.yahoo.com itself cannot be reckoned among malware of any type. The page itself is an ordinary search engine that has no harmful features. However, one should think for a possibility of getting a hijacker if this page has been installed as the main one without his/her consent, since many browser hijackers appear to use this page as their disguise. In this case, though the site is legitimate and can be used without worries, we do not recommend relying on it.
Omniboxes.com - is annoying browser hijacker, which is designed by cyber criminals. It can be integrated into many internet browsers, like Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox. It replaces your default search engine by its own one. But be careful, Omniboxes.com is considered as potentially unwanted program. Why? Mainly because Omniboxes.com overrides search and homepage settings in all your browsers.
Istartpageing.com is an advertising supported browser hijacker that increases traffic for customers’ pages and by this gains profit. For this purpose Istartpageing.com was designed as a search engine that looks very similar to Google page. However, the search results presented by the hijacker are not trustworthy as they are the links to its partners’ sources.
If you launch the browser and see Start.iminent.com page as the main one, then probably you have a hijacker. A hijacker is a malware that is able to change the browser settings, like set a main page, new tab page and default search engine. It is done to adjust search results and add distributed third-party sources.
Search.golliver.com is a browser hijacker that is mainly orinted to Italian users, however, there were many cases of infections by it in other countries as well. You may notice that you’ve caught the hijacker after it makes changes in your browser settings. First, every time you launch the browser you will start with search.golliver.com page, second, it will also restrict the access to other search engines redirecting you back to search.golliver.com.
