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Maxdatafeed.com

Posted: April 25, 2013

Maxdatafeed.com is a search engine that appears to display irrelevant links instead of search query-related results. Currently, Maxdatafeed.com hasn't been found to be a host for malicious scripted content or other PC threats that are often found on suspicious websites, and Maxdatafeed.com is not likely to harm your computer in any direct way. However, some browser hijackers have been known to redirect their victims' web browsers to Maxdatafeed.com automatically. Such problems can be resolved, as always, by the dutiful application of a solid anti-malware product, which will remove the browser hijacker and any settings changes Maxdatafeed.com may have made to force you to visit Maxdatafeed.com.

Open Wide... for Irrelevant Search Results

Maxdatafeed.com promotes itself as a search site, but doesn't include any significant search functions of the sort that you'd find at Google or Bing. Instead of searching for the most relevant results, Maxdatafeed.com displays preset lists of generic websites, with additional links for advertising-related content slipped in – the latter inclusion even being spelled out in Maxdatafeed.com's privacy policy. While SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have not seen any included links of a malicious nature in Maxdatafeed.com's so-called 'search results,' neither can they recommend using Maxdatafeed.com as a productive search engine.

More importantly, Maxdatafeed.com appears to be one of the numerous destinations preferred by browser hijackers, which redirect victims to unwanted sites in the hopes of making a profit from the traffic. Attacks by a Maxdatafeed.com-promoting browser hijacker can include:

  • Links to Maxdatafeed.com inserted into text keywords.
  • Redirects to Maxdatafeed.com whenever you try to use a real search site.
  • Forcing Maxdatafeed.com to be your default homepage.

Browser hijackers for Maxdatafeed.com have not been associated with any specific type of add-on, and most likely are installed along with unrelated applications from untrustworthy sources (for example, freeware sites with poor reputations or torrent networks).

Minimizing Any Unwanted Brushes with Maxdatafeed.com

Hijacks that redirect your browser to Maxdatafeed.com can be accomplished through a variety of methods, some of which are specific to individual browsers, and others of which are capable of affecting all browsers on your PC equally. While being forced to load Maxdatafeed.com may not harm your computer, browser hijackers may reduce the security settings of the affected browser habitually, and include other functions that are more dangerous than redirects to Maxdatafeed.com. Browser hijackers, whether they're for Maxdatafeed.com or any other site, always should be considered dangerous.

Deleting a browser hijacker or other PC threats related to Maxdatafeed.com always should use anti-malware software that's designed to delete malware in its entirety. As long as you disinfect your computer as quickly as possible after you've observed Maxdatafeed.com redirects or other symptoms, SpywareRemove.com malware research team considers the possibility of lingering harm to your computer to be trivial.

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