searchtechstart.com is not a threat you should treat lightly. Is yet another member of the always-growing browser hijackers family. In other words is a parasite that attaches itself to every web browser installed in a PC when the infection happens.
First of all you’ll notice several settings being modified within your browser. searchtechstart.com does not want nor need your approval for such modifications. Once your computer has been affected your own settings are no longer important. All they care for is the money they can get through many successful installations of their program. How can they get money? The first step is to change your default homepage and search engine. They will both be replaced by searchtechstart.com. Every time you use searchtechstart.com for your searches, they will win money.
searchtechstart.com creates Web traffic for certain websites. This could or could not be through a secure channel. searchtechstart.com takes you to random pages all the time. It could also open pop-ups or some other kind of publicity.
Finally, we must add that due to its presence, you could be facing some privacy issues related to your browsing being analyzed and data being collected from it, including usernames and passwords among others. This is why we strongly advice you not to keep it installed in your computer.
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