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instasrch.com

Posted: June 11, 2018

Instasrch.com is a website, which hosts a basic search engine that is meant to redirect users to Bing.com. While this means that Instasrch.com's search function works reliably, you should avoid using this page because it is not affiliated with a legitimate company or business, and there's no way to tell for sure whether this website will continue to be reliable or not. Another reason why you might want to keep your distance from this particular website is that it seems to be linked to browser hijacking software whose purpose is to promote Instasrch.com aggressively by setting it as your default new tab page. While this change is not unsafe, it is certainly undesired since it aims to force users to use a website that they might not be familiar with.

Often, browser hijackers like the one linked to Instasrch.com might be distributed via software bundles or disguised as a 'helpful' browser add-on. We advise you to be careful when handling unknown browser extensions or relatively unknown software and always pay close attention to the installation instructions to see if the installer demands permission to tamper with your browser's configuration.

If Instasrch.com has been set as your browser's default new tab, then we suggest that you resolve the issue by running a trustworthy PC security scanner that will identify and eliminate the hijacker.

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