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Mystart.airzipper.com

Posted: November 26, 2013

Mystart.airzipper.com is a search site that sometimes is set as your homepage after the installation of the Airzip software, similar to Webssearches.com browser hijacks. Other than using cookies to profit off of your (possibly non-consensual) traffic, Mystart.airzipper.com has no suspicious content to offer to your PC, and malware researchers don't classify Mystart.airzipper.com as a threatening site. Despite that, software that forces your browser to load Mystart.airzipper.com should be considered a potential security issue. Deleting Mystart.airzipper.com hijackers, like all browser hijackers, is both commendable and easily managed through the use of dependable anti-malware utilities.

Mystart.airzipper.com: Your Google Away from Google

Mystart.airzipper.com is designed to be a default homepage for users of Airzip, the latter being a freeware alternative to Winzip that performs similar file compression-related functions. Typical to such sites, although Mystart.airzipper.com does appear to offer a Web search feature, anyone trying to use this feature immediately may find out that Mystart.airzipper.com only redirects its traffic to Google results. Mystart.airzipper.com doesn't provide any tangible benefits to your browser, and malware experts particularly stress that there's no advantage to allowing Airzip to lock Mystart.airzipper.com as your homepage.

A Mystart.airzipper.com homepage hijack isn't the only problem that malware researchers have associated with the Airzip software. This same product also has been noted for its involvement in search redirects to a second site, Webssearches.com. Airzip and all browser hijackers associated with it aren't considered a threat – but are classified as PUPs or Potentially Unwanted Programs. Most circumstances involving the presence of a PUP, including those promoting non-toxic sites like Mystart.airzipper.com, have no benefits to your browser, or to the rest of your PC. Therefore, deleting all associated software is the suggested default response.

Getting Your Start on the Web without Mystart.airzipper.com's Input

Loading Mystart.airzipper.com or even using Mystart.airzipper.com as a 'search engine' doesn't endanger your PC, and you'll have to make your own, personal judgment about whether or not you're still interested in using Airzip – if you were ever interested in the first place. However, no matter what your feelings are to that product, letting a third party application force your browser to load Mystart.airzipper.com or any other site automatically never is a good practice for keeping your PC safe and performance-optimized. Products that modify your browser settings rarely are acting in your best interest, and even more rarely ever are responsive to any attempts to reduce or reverse these self-serving modifications.

Airzip's website does include uninstallation instructions, to its credit. In spite of that, malware researchers still would suggest using anti-malware products for deleting any Mystart.airzipper.com hijackers, which may not remove all related browser modifications upon request. So far, Chrome is considered most at risk for Mystart.airzipper.com hijacks, but the vulnerability of other browsers to similar attacks shouldn't be ignored.

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