Search.chatzum.com

Search.chatzum.com is a Google-inspired subdomain of, a site that promotes a PUP (or Potentially Unwanted Program) Facebook add-on. PC users who are infected by this Chatzum add-on will find their homepages locked to Search.chatzum.com, their searches redirected to Search.chatzum.com and their Facebook accounts compromised for the sake of promoting Chatzum. This Search.chatzum.com-redirecting app is only ranked as a low-level PC threat, but it does bear all the hallmark traits of deceptive and mildly malicious software, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend that you use suitable anti-malware products to put an end to Search.chatzum.com redirects and remove Chatzum's Facebook app.

Search.chatzum.com: a Search Engine That Recruits an Add-On for Traffic

Instead of being content with normal methods of procuring online traffic, Search.chatzum.com leverages the use of a common form of browser hijacker. Unlike many browser hijackers that operate as independent entities from the sites that they promote, Search.chatzum.com's browser-hijacking PC threat of choice has been confirmed as the Chatzum add-on, an app that's available at the base Chatzum.com website. Because the Chatzum app's symptoms include locking your homepage to Search.chatzum.com without your consent, most forms of anti-malware software should be able to detect Search.chatzum.com as a PC threat, and this app hasn't been found to use quantifiably-significant instances of hidden installations. As a result, your greatest danger of exposure to Search.chatzum.com lies in surfing the web without appropriate security software and installing the Chatzum app before you realize its true nature.

While various forms of promoting Search.chatzum.com in Chrome and Firefox-brand web browsers are where the Chatzum app has gained its infamy, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts have also noted other side effects, including:

• The Chatzum app will send messages to your Facebook contacts to promote its own questionable services. These messages are hidden and sent without your permission.
• The Chatzum app will also alter Facebook content by injecting JavaScript; although this can enable some positive features, this function can also be wrongfully used for malicious purposes (such as stealing personal information).

Cleaning Search.chatzum.com Out of Your Browser

Redirects to Search.chatzum.com are usually restricted to Chrome and Firefox browsers, and although the Chatzum app doesn't block setting changes as such, it will reverse any manual changes against Search.chatzum.com immediately. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend deleting the Chatzum add-on with your preferred brand of anti-malware scanner before you even try to change your browser's settings back to their normal values.

Afterward, you may also wish to inform all of your Facebook contacts, since they may also have been infected with the seemingly-harmless Chatzum add-on via messages that were spammed from your account.