startpageing123.com is a browser hijacker, term that encloses programs that change several of your browser’s settings in an attempt to guide your browsing towards specific pages. Most browser hijackers change first and foremost the default homepage and default search engine, replacing them with websites that pay them to increase their web traffic.
startpageing123.com as most browser hijackers is also used to spread threats over the network. What we mean by this is that it might show the user a message blocking whatever page he/she is visiting saying something on the lines of: “Alert: your computer is infected with a spyware”; it won’t release the website behind it unless the user clicks on a link that will indeed install a spyware. Another technique is to demand money for a software to remove the alleged virus.
There was a time where spyware and other programs on the same category were not considered as dangerous as a virus or a Trojan, therefore all efforts to fight threats stay focused on the latter. However, it’s been a couple of years since the trend has changed and spy actions against users to steal their personal data or make them install dangerous programs is on the rise, thus becoming the main source of income for cybercriminals.
The following guide will take you step-by-step to remove startpageing123.com and any other malicious program already installed on your computer.
View full solution