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Websearch.searchinweb.info

Posted: January 30, 2014

Threat Metric

Ranking: 8,744
Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 3,122
First Seen: January 30, 2014
Last Seen: October 16, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows


Websearch.searchinweb.info Screenshot 1Websearch.searchinweb.info is a questionable search system website, which may be related to browser hijackers and adware that may be able to hijack the Web browser, change the DNS settings and HOSTS file in order to unwillingly reroute search engine traffic of any website to unidentified or commercial websites. So, if the computer user aims to find a certain term or phrase in any popular search engine, all search results may get forcibly diverted to Websearch.searchinweb.info and other unreliable websites created to possibly make money from forced redirects and raised web traffic. Also, if the PC user strives to look for anything online by using Websearch.searchinweb.info, he may not get any search results that match the initial query because Websearch.searchinweb.info doesn't work as a real search service.

Websearch.searchinweb.info Screenshot 2Websearch.searchinweb.info Screenshot 3

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathhttp_websearch.searchinweb.info_0.localstoragehttp_websearch.searchinweb.info_0.localstorage-journalHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\searchinweb.info

Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:
websearch.searchinweb.info
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