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Posted: April 9, 2013

SpywareRemove.com malware research team has seen a rise in browser hijacking attacks that force your browser to load unwanted websites like Onlinefwd.com. Browser hijackers for Onlinefwd.com most likely are using concealed infection vectors (such as drive-by-downloads that are launched through compromised advertising networks and/or websites), and aren't likely to give you any kind of visible installation choices as they infect your computer. Both Onlinefwd.com and browser hijackers related to Onlinefwd.com are dangerous for your PC, and anti-malware applications should be used to disinfect any PC that redirects to Onlinefwd.com or shows other symptoms of having Onlinefwd.com-related problems.

Don't Look Forward to a Trip to Onlinefwd.com

With a history that encompasses the intentional distribution of various low-level PC threats, poor customer support, deceptive marketing and domain squatting, Onlinefwd.com may look like a safe search site, but actually has nothing to recommend using its services. Contact with Onlinefwd.com may or may not result in exposure to malicious web content, but to be safe, SpywareRemove.com malware experts encourage any PC users that accidentally load Onlinefwd.com to scan their PCs with appropriate security software as soon as it's practical.

Onlinefwd.com is of especial note to SpywareRemove.com malware experts for its promotion by various browser hijackers, which aren't always installed through any preceding contact with Onlinefwd.com. Browser hijackers for Onlinefwd.com modify your basic web-browsing settings to allow redirects to Onlinefwd.com to happen in any type of browser and without being linked to any kind of visible plugin. This rise in Onlinefwd.com redirects first became apparent in March of 2013.

Fast Forwarding to a Browser Without Onlinefwd.com

Even a browser hijacker that promotes a safe website is dangerous to your PC, and it's, therefore, without question that Onlinefwd.com-affiliated browser hijackers should be considered malicious. Redirects for Onlinefwd.com may take multiple formats, of which the most common include:

  • Redirects to Onlinefwd.com after you load another website.
  • Redirects to Onlinefwd.com after you try to access a popular website's features (such as Google's search results, Youtube's videos, etc.).

Because browser hijackers for Onlinefwd.com tend to use components and system changes that are difficult even to find, let alone remove without any assistance, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers consider resorting to a powerful anti-malware product to be the easiest way of removing an Onlinefwd.com browser hijacker. As noted earlier, browser hijackers for Onlinefwd.com can attack multiple types of browsers, and you shouldn't waste time attempting to uninstall your browser, disable its plugins or tamper with any browser-specific settings – these changes will not remove the actual malware that's launching the redirects to Onlinefwd.com.

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