Another wide-spread browser hijacker is www-searching.com. From the first glance it looks like Bing.com and some users will not even find the difference at the beginning. However, when users uses this search he gets results from another doubtful search engine: thesmartsearch.net. Both this pages and search engines are categorized as unwanted and potentially dangerous by major antivirus programs. Your homepage, default search engine settings are changed by www-searching.com.
TruNavi is a program that comes in the form of an extension to the browser and hijacks Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. TruNavi is a potentially unwanted program. TruNavi is not a virus, but it can bring a lot of inconvenience to the user. After penetration of the PC TruNavi begins to display a variety of promotional content such as banners, coupons and links to ad sites. The developers of this program are collaborating with some popular websites.
Altonav is potentially unwanted software that comes to your computer in the form of an extension to the browser without the user's consent. Once it arrives, it begins to throw the user a huge amount of advertising, banners and coupons. According to the developers, Altonav created in order to help the user to find the best offers stores such as eBay, Amazon and others. In fact, the main goal of the developers is to make money and to get you to commit senseless purchase.
WinFilter is a program that comes to your computer in the form of an extension to the browser Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. WinFilter hijacks the browser and delivers a lot of inconvenience. WinFilter comes without the consent of the user and starts to display a variety of advertisements, banners and coupons. WinFilter increases traffic and reduces the performance of your computer. Most of the proposals that shows WinFilter, a pacifier.
PayYou is a browser extension that is installed without the user's consent. Usually it comes bundled with other free programs. PayYou is not a virus, but it is unnecessary as a potentially unwanted programs. PayYou comes to PC, hijacks your browser and displays the banners, links and more. All this serves to motivate you on pointless purchases. PayYou can redirect the user to ad sites, to change the results, change the home page, and more.
