PUP.BasicServe

Posted: December 11, 2013

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Ranking:	803
Threat Level:	1/10
Infected PCs:	103,933

First Seen:	December 11, 2013
Last Seen:	March 10, 2025
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

BasicServe is a search site and browser hijacker of the same name, with the latter using search redirects to force your browser to load BasicServe.com. Besides its lack of advantages for your Web searches (due to a lack of legitimate results), BasicServe also has been listed as a compromised site by some PC security companies, although malware experts have yet to verify this classification. Until BasicServe's intentions are cleared up, any contact with BasicServe.com should be considered potentially hazardous, and you should remove the BasicServe hijacker with the same anti-malware products you'd use against any PC threat that tries to control your Web browser.

The Basics About the Problems of BasicServe

BasicServe, which has been confirmed for compatibility with Mozilla's Firefox, and still waiting confirmation for other major browsers, is installed as a browser add-on that supposedly helps your PC. However, rather than providing any features to improve your Web searches, BasicServe only redirects you to BasicServe.com, depriving you of the ability to use your default search engine. Although BasicServe is only a PUP or Potentially Unwanted Program, malware experts can't find any reasons to recommend keeping BasicServe installed, even if BasicServe doesn't undertake explicit attacks against the affected PC.

BasicServe's website, in turn, is just as questionable as its add-on. Although the BasicServe.com site is designed with the superficial aesthetics of a search engine, this website doesn't provide organic search results. Instead, BasicServe's site loads 'results' that actually are sponsored links related to affiliates. This gives BasicServe.com an easy revenue model, but one that isn't in your favor. Malware researchers also were somewhat alarmed to find BasicServe.com on the Dr. Web blacklist for corrupted sites, although they haven't been able to confirm any evidence of PC threat-promoting behavior on the part of this site. Nevertheless, all due caution while exposed to BasicServe's site is advised.

Serving Yourself a Fast Escape from BasicServe Hijacks

With the drawbacks of both BasicServe as a website and BasicServe as a browser add-on, malware experts would consider it a safe bet to utilize anti-malware products for deleting BasicServe from your computer or double-checking for the possibility of other PC threats invading it through any BasicServe-served links. BasicServe's search-hijacking campaign still is a recent event, with attacks occurring as late as November 2013, and updated threat databases may be needed for the identification of BasicServe by appropriate security programs.

BasicServe and many other search hijackers often are distributed through free software websites with less than perfect security controls on their upload management. Always scan files from such sites before launching them, since BasicServe bundles should be detectable by many PC security scanners. Malware researchers also would recommend avoiding these types of websites in general, as you usually have nothing to gain from installing their risky freeware products.

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The following URL's were detected:

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