123rede.com

123rede.com is a Brazilian search engine and general Web directory site. Although 123rede.com isn't a host of toxic content, malware experts have seen campaigns promoting 123rede.com through unusual browser modifications, such as search hijacks. These changes may be detrimental to the safety of your Web browser and may expose you to third party-based threats, such as phishing attacks or other tactics. As a rule, you should use anti-malware tools and any other security solutions required to uninstall a 123rede.com hijacker or other browser-subverting PUP.

When Your Browser Plugs into a New Search Network

123rede.com, or '123network,' once translated from Portuguese, is a Brazil-catering link repository and search site. However, instead of offering independent results, 123rede.com redirects its searches to Google, with additional advertisements. The latter appear to be 123rede.com's primary revenue source, based on their frequency of occurrence even with a minimum of interaction with the website's features. Current examinations of 123rede.com's pages have not identified any hazardous content, nor has 123rede.com been blacklisted on any known threatening domain databases.

There would be little reason to pay attention to 123rede.com's services – if it weren't for its occasional involvement as a destination page preferred by some browser hijackers. 123rede.com redirects may take the format of browser search hijackings, which may attempt to replace your standard search engine results with those of 123rede.com, incidentally providing 123rede.com with advertisement revenue in the process. As usual for such cases, malware experts found that making manual changes to your browser's default search engine is not a viable means of blocking redirects to 123rede.com.

However, other symptoms also may be seen with individual 123rede.com hijackers. Symptoms of a browser hijacking PUP may include injected advertisements and pop-up windows, both of which also may expose you to other, third-party content that may be notable security risks.

Counting to Three and being Rid of 123rede.com

There may not be any reason to consider 123rede.com a threatening site, but its preponderance of advertisements and unusual history do warrant its consideration as a possible source of third-party security issue. Malware experts particularly would recommend avoiding advertisements resembling common attacks, such as fake software patches or updates, as well as any content that requests personal information upfront.

Redirects to 123rede.com may be typical of either Potentially Unwanted Programs that may be legitimate software or of a threat that misrepresents itself. Use your anti-malware products to determine after recurring redirects to 123rede.com, and, if appropriate, delete the 123rede.com hijacker from your PC. Malware experts still are investigating the brands of browsers being affected by 123rede.com hijackings. Most similar threats for 2015 often focus on Chrome, but also commonly are compatible with other brands of browsers, such as Microsoft's IE or Mozilla's Firefox.