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Qbyrd.com

Posted: January 13, 2012

Qbyrd.com Screenshot 1Qbyrd.com is a malicious website that uses browser hijackers to redirect victims to itself in hopes of garnering undeserved traffic. Even though Qbyrd.com looks like a real search engine and shows results that appear to be legitimate, the majority of Qbyrd.com's links will only take you to sites that display advertisements or even dangerous content (such as drive-by-download scripts). Redirects to Qbyrd.com may also be coupled with redirects to other types of hostile websites, with pop-up attacks or with attempts to block access to PC security domains. SpywareRemove.com malware experts, accordingly, recommend that you immediately remove Qbyrd.com-associated browser hijackers before they can turn into a serious security issue for your computer. Since many redirect-capable PC threats are also functional Trojans or rootkits, this is best-accomplished by anti-malware products that specialize in removing high-level threats.

Qbyrd.com – a Slacker in Search Engine Design for Quick Payouts

Superficially, Qbyrd.com appears to have many of the same functions as Google and even displays its own privacy policy. Eschewing a skim of Qbyrd.com for a more thoughtful inspection, however, will quickly lead you to discover just what SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have found – that Qbyrd.com doesn't have the real results to back up its aesthetics. Although some links from Qbyrd.com may be legitimate, these are typically-stolen from other search engines, while most of Qbyrd.com's links point directly at sites that pay cash back to Qbyrd.com.

Trusting links from Qbyrd.com is discouraged because such links may expose you to other attacks. Common destinations for browser hijackers include phishing sites, sites that promote rogue security programs and websites that use drive-by-download exploits to install other PC threats onto your computer. At best, you may simply have to wade through endless advertisements that don't have anything to do with your search terms.

Getting QByrd Out of Your Nest for Good

Browser hijackers for Qbyrd.com may also redirect you to other types of fake search engines, such as Search-results.com or Searchqu. Contact with any other sites that are promoted by browser hijackers should be thought of as just as negative as contact with Qbyrd.com itself. However, as long as you minimize your interaction with these sites and do your best to remove browser hijackers right away, your PC shouldn't be permanently-harmed by this contact.

Since browser hijackers for Qbyrd.com may be installed in a rootkit format or be accompanied by other PC threats, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts discourage any effort to delete browser hijackers without any assistance from anti-malware software. Removing the source of browser redirects while allowing other PC threats to remain on your computer can result in future attacks against your computer's security and privacy.

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