Qsearch.com

Qsearch.com may make a thin pretense of being a web search site, but Qsearch.com's actual goal is to provide you with advertisements and even links to malicious sites so that Qsearch.com can profit from pay-per-click revenue streams. Since no one would use Qsearch.com deliberately for longer than it took them to figure this out, Qsearch.com has, like many types of hostile websites, leveraged the use of browser hijackers to redirect web browsers to itself. If your PC has been exposed to Qsearch.com, or you see symptoms of browser redirects to Qsearch.com, cleaning your PC with a qualified anti-malware program is the surest remedy that SpywareRemove.com malware analysts can recommend. Changing web browsers will not fix a series of Qsearch.com redirect attacks, since browser hijackers for Qsearch.com modify system settings that can be generically-applied to all web browsers.

Qsearch.com's Wealth of Functions (All of Which Are Hostile to Your PC)

Like other fake search engine sites (such as Neatdavinciserver.com, Search-fever.com, Searchcompanion.com or the recent Realdavinciserver.com), Qsearch.com pretends to provide real search results but prefers to force you to view irrelevant content. Links from Qsearch.com may redirect your browser to worthless advertisements, promotional sites for scamware, sites that make phishing attacks or sites that use browser-based forms of software installation attacks. Since Qsearch.com's content isn't anything to be excited about and may actually endanger your PC, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend that you simply avoid Qsearch.com whenever possible.

Qsearch.com's primary sin, however, is its use of browser hijackers, which show themselves in symptoms like those noted below:

• Redirects to Qsearch.com or related websites when you try to use another search engine.
• Setting Qsearch.com to be your default page whenever you launch your web browser.
• The random appearance of pop-up advertisements, survey offers and/or fake contests.
• Frozen web browser settings or settings that change once you relaunch your browser.

Qsearch.com's Browser Hijackers – Asking Questions That You Shouldn't Answer

SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have also discovered that browser hijackers for Qsearch.com often have additional capabilities, including using tracking cookies to gather information about your online activities (such as which websites you visit or how long you spend at any given website). This information is most likely used to provide 'relevant' advertisements such as advertisements that sync up with your geographical region but may also be exploited for outright criminal purposes. Deleting the cookies without removing the browser hijacker itself is a futile effort, however.

Browser hijackers for Qsearch.com will modify the Windows Hosts file and can attack multiple brands of web browsers. Since removing your browser will have no effect on a Qsearch.com-affiliated infection, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts recommend that you scan your entire PC with a top-quality anti-malware scanner to insure that all infected components are found and cleansed.