Search.foxtab.com

Search.foxtab.com is a Google-powered search engine that's hosted at a subdomain of foxtab.com, a browser plugin site. Unfortunately, while foxtab.com is quick to praise features for its plugin and related Search.foxtab.com search features, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers are forced to be less positive – since Search.foxtab.com-related browser hijacks are a regular occurrence for anyone who installs this company's add-on. These failings have been sufficiently severe for some PC security companies to list Search.foxtab.com, foxtab.com and related domains as adware distributors, and contact with Search.foxtab.com or its associated plugin is generally discouraged for your PC's safety. Since the browser plugin that promotes Search.foxtab.com has been noted to resist standard removal techniques, you may require anti-malware software to delete all traces of a Search.foxtab.com-happy browser hijacker.

How Search.foxtab.com Gives New Meaning to a 'Fox Hunt' While Pursuing Your Browser

Taken as a search engine, Search.foxtab.com may be redundant but isn't harmful – unlike other subdomains of foxtab.com. Victims of redirects to Search.foxtab.com tend to be PC users who install software from freeware websites with Search.foxtab.com's browser hijacker embedded in the Foxtab plugin, which is, itself, distributed along with unrelated types of free-to-install programs. Thereafter, your homepage, new tabs and default search engines are all set to Search.foxtab.com, with no option to reverse these probably-undesired changes. Search.foxtab.com's plugin also resists normal plugin-removal tactics, which SpywareRemove.com malware experts have found to be typical for adware-based browser hijackers and PUPs. Like Search.foxtab.com, the Foxtab plugin isn't overtly malicious – besides its inclusion of browser hijacker-related functions – and includes a 3D display for selecting browser tabs.

Browser hijacks to promote Search.foxtab.com will function in most popular browsers, including Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend deleting Search.foxtab.com-related PC threats with anti-malware software that can ensure that any associated browser changes (such as alterations to your DNS settings) are also removed, which allows you to ditch Search.foxtab.com and head back to your favorite search engine.

The 'Prize' at the Start of Search.foxtab.com's Chase

Even though contact with Search.foxtab.com is unlikely to harm your PC by exposing you to malicious web content, SpywareRemove.com malware research team is forced to warn that not all subdomains of foxtab.com are as benign as Search.foxtab.com. Subdomains related to Search.foxtab.com that have been confirmed to host PC threats include:

• aff.foxtab.com
• apps.foxtab.com
• soft.foxtab.com

You may want to consider scanning your computer with appropriate security software after contact with these subdomains, even if just searching with Search.foxtab.com isn't necessarily so dangerous. PC threats on these domains related to Search.foxtab.com and its plugin include several variants of InstallCore adware. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers also note that many anti-malware programs should be able to block these programs automatically if you download them by mistake.