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Startpageing123.com

Posted: January 20, 2017

Threat Metric

Ranking: 4,050
Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 43,631
First Seen: January 20, 2017
Last Seen: October 16, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows


Startpageing123.com is a search engine that may pop up in your Web browser on a regular basis, even though you never intended to visit this page. This weird event may happen because the Startpageing123.com page may rely on multiple browser hijackers to boost its traffic statistics drastically by forcing affected Web browsers to load Startpageing123.com whenever certain actions are executed automatically. It is not uncommon for browser hijackers like the ones linked to Startpageing123.com, to modify the default homepage or new tab page to Startpageing123.com, therefore ensuring that the affected user will end up visiting Startpageing123.com tens of times a day. The good news is that this behavior is nothing more than annoying, and there's not a chance of being exposed to threats by visiting Startpageing123.com. However, since this page is not associated with a major company, there's no way to guarantee that its contents will not change in the future. We advise our readers to stick to using a reputable search service that has proven its credibility over the years.

The Startpageing123.com hijackers are likely to be installed as a Web browser extension, which asks for the user's authorization to tamper with the Web browser's settings. As you can probably guess, the best way to dispose of the Startpageing123.com extension and the settings it uses is to uninstall the unwanted add-on from your Web browser's settings. However, in some cases, the Startpageing123.com hijacker may work by modifying your Web browser's shortcut, so that the Startpageing123.com page will be opened whenever you start your Web browser. This problem can be resolved by simply deleting the old shortcut to your Web browser and creating a new one. If Startpageing123.com persists even after the extension has been uninstalled, it is recommended to run an anti-malware software suite, which should detect and erase the intrusive hijacker automatically.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\startpageing123SoftwareSOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\startpageing123Software

Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:
"startpageing123"startpageing123.com/
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