Searchnu.com

Searchnu.com is a malicious search site that promotes rogue security applications while Searchnu.com pretends to offer Google-esque search functionality for your convenience. However, Searchnu.com is even more well-known for the browser hijackers that promote Searchnu.com than for its own PC threat propagation, and redirect attacks to Searchnu.com should always be thought of as a symptom of harmful software being installed on your PC. Malware analysts discourage manual attempts to avoid or get rid of a Searchnu.com-assisting browser hijacker, since such browser hijackers may be accompanied by other PC threats and will make changes to critical system settings. Deleting the source of having your homepage locked to Searchnu.com is as simple as scanning your PC with competent anti-malware software, which should be able to revert all settings changes and allow you to continue surfing the web without unwanted contact with Searchnu.com.

Searchnu.com – an Imitation Google with Nothing There but the Looks

Searchnu.com copies its appearance from Google and makes a basic effort to look like a search engine, but Searchnu.com doesn't actually bother to search the web whenever you try to use its search bar. Instead of grabbing legitimate search results and censoring the unsafe ones, Searchnu.com does the opposite: every search with Searchnu.com is equivalent to receiving a heaping ladle full of links to malicious websites and PC threat downloads. Searchnu.com has been linked to promotion of fake security programs via standard hoaxes like simulated system scans and inaccurate warning messages.

As a confirmed propagation point for PC threats, Searchnu.com should be considered hostile to your PC and avoided whenever possible. Scanning your computer after contact with Searchnu.com is also recommended, since Searchnu.com or related sites may use drive-by-downloads exploits to install malicious software. Keeping around strong security software and using careful browser settings will both help to ward off such attacks and allow you to deal with accidental visits to Searchnu.com with a minimal of damage to your PC.

What to Do When Searchnu.com is Your Only Option for a Homepage

Victims of Searchnu.com attacks have also reported Searchnu.com's promotion by browser hijackers that set their web browser's homepage to Searchnu.com automatically. Settings-based attempts to undo this change without removing the associated PC threat will only result in temporary relief, since Searchnu.com will come right back the next time that you launch your browser. These attacks may redirect you to sub-domains of Searchnu.com, such as Searchnu.com/410 or Searchnu.com/406. Searchnu.com-promoting browser hijackers can be removed via suitable anti-malware software, rather than by disabling a browser-specific add-on; these PC threats are noted for being installed by methods that eschew attacks that are limited to one type of web browser.