Hi.fo

Hi.fo is a news page, which also hosts a search engine that may provide legitimate search results, but these search results may often be mixed with sponsored links and ads that may diminish the user's Web browsing experience. In addition to these aggressive advertising techniques, it also seems that Hi.fo might be linked to a browser extension whose installation might set Hi.fo as the user's default new tab page or homepage silently. While software that applies changes of this sort is certainly not unsafe, its installation is often considered to be undesired.

While Hi.fo is not harmful, we advise users to stay away from websites that are promoted via browser hijacking software since it is highly unlikely that these pages will improve the user's browsing experience. If one day you start seeing Hi.fo in your Web browser on a regular basis, then this is likely to be a sign that you have recently installed a browser add-on that brought this change. It is possible that some users might have installed the software linked to Hi.fo by accident, and they might have no idea how this has happened.

Regardless of what brought Hi.fo to your Web browser, you can rest assured that the removal of the software and the website are a very straightforward process. The recommended way to deal with this minor annoyance is to use a credible PC security scanner.