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Shoppingcove.com

Posted: April 23, 2012

Shoppingcove.com Screenshot 1Shoppingcove.com is a website that specializes in product comparisons and shopping searches. While Shoppingcove.com hasn't been found to host malicious software or attack your PC, there are indications that browser hijackers are forcing redirects to Shoppingcove.com. Redirects to Shoppingcove.com may also prevent you from using other search engines and can be included alongside other attacks that may be security hazards. Since any browser hijacker is a potential danger to your computer's safety, it's recommended for you to scan your PC with good anti-malware software after any symptoms of Shoppingcove.com redirect attacks. However, contact with Shoppingcove.com, by itself, is unlikely to be directly harmful to your computer.

When Every Online Trip Goes to Shoppingcove.com

Although Shoppingcove.com doesn't buck the overall trend of browser hijacker-associated destinations, Shoppingcove.com, surprisingly, doesn't have any history of attacking visiting PCs or distributing malicious software. In spite of the fact that Shoppingcove.com can't, by itself, be considered a PC threat, redirects to Shoppingcove.com without your consent should always be noted as a symptom of a potential PC threat installed on your computer. Redirects to Shoppingcove.com may take on any or all of the following characteristics:

  • Shoppingcove.com may be set to be your homepage regardless of what changes you make to your browser's homepage settings.
  • Shoppingcove.com may replace other search engines whenever you try to search the web or navigate to a search engine website.
  • Alternately, you may be redirected to Shoppingcove.com after you click a link from another search engine after you've completed a search.
  • You may also be redirected to Shoppingcove.com randomly, although this form of redirect attack to be much lower in occurrence than the alternate attacks noted above.

Why Straight Sailing to Shoppingcove.com without Your Consent May Mean Bad Weather for Your PC

Even though Shoppingcove.com is a completely harmless website, browser hijackers that promote Shoppingcove.com aren't necessarily just as innocent. PC threats with browser-hijacking functions may also create fraudulent pop-ups, insert advertisements or links into online content, monitor your online activities or make other attacks that are typical for rootkits or Trojans. Because of these risks, in addition to the problematic nature of no longer being in control of your web-browsing experience, SpywareRemove.com malware research team suggests prompt deletion of any browser hijacker.

Relatively few browser hijackers are specific to a particular web browser or limit their components to easily removed browser add-ons, and many PC threats that are capable of redirects to Shoppingcove.com can also be installed with other types of hostile software that should be detected via thorough system scans from an anti-malware program.

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