Q.search-simple.com

The Q.search-simple.com site appears to be a search provider that is a custom build of the Google engine, and you may stumble upon Q.search-simple.com after installing a free program like iPadian and FlashBeat. The Q.search-simple.com site is connected to a browser hijacker that may appear in your Extensions Manager as a search optimizer. The Q.search-simple.com browser hijacker may make modifications to your DNS configuration to reroute your Web traffic to Q.search-simple.com and affiliated pages that may be laid with malvertising. Security investigators report that the search engine at Q.search-simple.com may not be reliable, feature links to harmful domains and suggest users to install software updates that are not signed and may contain harmful code. Computer users that are infected with the Q.search-simple.com browser hijacker may notice that their browser loads the Q.search-simple.com first and in many cases, pop-up windows loaded with advertisements may appear.

The Q.search-simple.com browser hijacker may initiate a service in the svchhost.exe host process to remain undetected and obstruct users from changing their default start page and search provider manually. The Q.search-simple.com browser hijacker may prevent users from installing an add-on that blocks advertisement and insecure content to ensure its operations. Security investigators reveal that the Q.search-simple.com browser hijacker may change your start menu settings to alter the behavior of the search bar and provide related search results at Q.search-simple.com. Computer users may have trouble finding the main executable of the Q.search-simple.com browser hijacker in the ProgramFiles directory because it is not a legitimate program and may have installed its files in the Temp folder under Windows to avoid raising security alerts. You need to install a trusted anti-malware suite to scan your OS and purge unwanted applications from your system.