Viceice.com is third-rate search engine that uses Google Custom Search. This page sets up as homepage, default search engine and opens as a newtab in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Search queries of Viceice.com show the results from cse.google.com, which are actually Google results with different look.
ByteFence Redirect (search.bytefence.com) is unwanted search engine installed by ByteFence applications. It overrides browser settings in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer and does not allow user to revert them. After uninstalling ByteFence settings remain unchanged. Although, ByteFence Anti-malware is good program, ByteFence search module is classified as potentially unwanted program and browser hijacker.
SecureCrypted (Apocalypse) is file-encrypting virus that demands ransom (0.5 and 1.5 Bitcoin) to decrypt infected files. Such type of threats is also called ransomware. After infection virus starts encrypting files of following extensions: .txt, .docx, .xlsx, .jpg, .png, .pdf and other. Those files are usually sensitive documents, photos, reports, books and other file types, that are important to regular people. Ransomware adds extension .SecureCrypted to every encrypted file and also creates files "yourfilename.Contact_Here_To_Recover_Your_Files.txt", that contains instructions to recover those files.
Hightsearch.com presents itself as news search engine. It uses color scheme and elements placing to resemble wide-spread search engines. Hightsearch.com takes over browser settings, such as homepage and default search engine. It then starts redirecting user searches to custom search results that are low quality and weird-looking. This confuses user and they start to understand, that it is done by hijacker.
Attirerpage.com is another maleficent search engine. As other hijackers of its kind, Attirerpage.com replaces homepage and default search engine in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. It also hijacks browser shortcuts on the desktop and sometimes in Start Menu. We created multiple tutorials on hijackers removal, this one is different because Attirerpage.com protects its settings from being modified. It installs special service in Windows and can be seen in Control Panel under the name "attirerpage - Uninstall".
