Browser hijackers like searchqq.com modify both default homepage and default search engine of your web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, Edge,…)
Hijacking browsers is a technique used to increase advertisement revenues and to improve search ratings for some specific websites.
searchqq.com can be quite mischievous, therefore difficult to remove unless you work with the right tools.
searchqq.com is installed in your computer through software packages. Being as it is, we can be sure when saying that having it already installed is a clear sign that other malicious programs have also been installed. You can find this kind of packages in P2P networks or in popular download platforms that tend to promote install processes filled with these unwanted programs.
Even though searchqq.com is presented as a useful and quick search engine, the truth is that it will insert sponsored links among its results that could be a lot more dangerous that anyone might imagine. searchqq.com detaches itself from any legal responsibility linked to any content or links presented on its results page. This means that you could and probably will be sent to dangerous websites, websites for example that are able to infect your computer just by making you visit them. These criminals could also trick you into visiting websites where it would be easy for them to steal your personal data. By keeping searchqq.com installed in your computer, you’re exposing it to multiple dangers.
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