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Safesurfs.com

Posted: July 24, 2016

Threat Metric

Ranking: 8,401
Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 6,085
First Seen: October 13, 2015
Last Seen: December 10, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Safesurfs.com site has been found to be a browser hijacker that may be set as a default homepage within your web browser. The Safesurfs.com site itself isn’t directly harmful to your computer. However, there are related components that may have installed due to loading freeware applications that have caused the Safesurfs.com site to load as your default homepage. Use of the Safesurfs.com site, which is a basic internet search engine that queries results through a custom Yahoo search, may return relevant results based on your keywords but surrounded with advertisements or sponsored links. The creators of Safesurfs.com may have designed the page to entice clicks on search results or sponsored ads as part of a pay-per-click scheme to earn them money based on web traffic. Finding, disabling, and then removing the various components related to Safesurfs.com, which may be installed as web browser add-ons or browser extensions, is necessary to stop the Safesurfs.com site from automatically loading as your default home page. Upon removal of Safesurfs.com components, you may then set your desired default homepage and eliminate the risk of Safesurfs.com modifying your Internet settings.

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