Broadband-search.com

The Broadband-search.com is marked as an untrusted search engine by security researchers and the Websense Web Filter because it is associated with a browser hijacker that may provide links to infected pages. Legitimate software may not provide services from Broadband-search.com. If you notice that your Internet browser is loading Broadband-search.com, you may have a browser hijacker on your PC. You may have installed a browser hijacker along with the HealthCareGovTool adware that is promoted as an app that will enhance your interaction with HealthCare.gov.

The browser hijacker related to Broadband-search.com may run as a plug-in in your OS and change your Internet preferences in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer. The hijacker at hand might change your preferred search provider, homepage, and new tab page to Broadband-search.com. An analysis of the 64.74.172.125 IP address where Broadband-search.com is hosted suggests that users may be welcomed to install adware such as Nsis:Adware-CJ and riskware like NewDotNet and the Superfish Window Shopper. Security applications may detect browser plug-ins from Broadband-search.com under the following names:

• Win32/TrojanDownloader.Small.BKE
• Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Small.bke
• W32/AdInstall.A.gen!Eldorado
• Gen:Adware.Heur.lr1@R0qLgghi.
• Adw_SafeNow.gen
• TROJ_GEN.R00XC0DAF16
• AdWare.W32.Relevant.kYO6

The Broadband-search.com browser hijacker may install its files in the AppData directory and users may have difficulties when removing it manually. You should consider suing a reliable anti-malware utility to clean your machine and delete all files related to Broadband-search.com.