webstarts.biz is a browser hijacker, in other words a program that will install this website both as default homepage and search engine in your web browser. Browser hijackers such as webstarts.biz NEVER properly explain the user what changes it will apply once the install process is done. This explains the sudden change in our homepage and search engine without us ever giving approval for it.
Broadcasting webstarts.biz, is a task that usually brakes trust boundaries with users, by…
- Quiet or forced installation hidden within legitimate programs (whose install process has been modified)
- Fake tools (PDF readers, video players, etc…)
- Unscrupulous advertising companies
- Installation of other malicious programs
- Discrete and malicious manipulation of legal apps
- Social engineering (through malicious ads shown in Facebook and other social networks)
Once webstarts.biz has been installed in your system, your browser settings will be changed. webstarts.biz will become your default homepage and default search engine. Plus it will show ads within the search results shown. Usually other parasite programs and ads tools tag along webstarts.biz provoking all sorts of execution problems and affecting your computer’s performances, besides exposing you to security threats.
If you ever use webstarts.biz for searches, you’ll be at high risk of being directed towards malicious websites that might have dangerous tools or even more malicious ads guiding you to even bigger threats. You could be for example guided to websites offering you fake security tools.
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