Search.entru.com

Search.entru.com is a fake Google site that copies, albeit ineptly, most of Google's appearance, although links from Search.entru.com may not be safe or even relevant to your search queries. Search.entru.com is also used as a destination by browser hijackers that may set your homepage to Search.entru.com or redirect you to Search.entru.com when you try to access Google (in the fashion of an attack by the colloquially-known Google Redirect Virus). Browser hijackers for Search.entru.com can attack all types of web browsers, and SpywareRemove.com malware experts recommend that you remove Search.entru.com-affiliated browser hijackers with a dependable anti-malware application. This should be done with as thorough a scan of your PC as is possible, since browser hijackers have also been known to be linked to other issues, including concealment of hidden-flagged files and freezing security programs.

Search.entru.com: Google by Any Other Name....

Although Search.entru.com looks very similar to the legitimate Google.com site, Search.entru.com has a few telltale differences that mark Search.entru.com as something other than what Search.entru.com appears to be. Chief among these differences is Search.entru.com's URL, Search.entru.com, but other issues include the lack of an overhead toolbar, coloring differences and a typo that misspells 'advanced search' as 'advances search.' As fraudulent site that's trying to cash in on the good name of another company, Search.entru.com doesn't present itself as particularly trustworthy, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers discourage attempts to use Search.entru.com in the same way that you'd normally use Google or another type of search engine.

Search.entru.com has gained notice due to being a destination of choice for certain types of browser redirect attacks. It may include having your homepage set to Search.entru.com, search results that are filtered through Search.entru.com or redirects straight to Search.entru.com when you try to load unrelated sites. Browser hijackers that promote Search.entru.com have been noted to attack all types of web browsers, and SpywareRemove.com malware research team further notes that they can infect most versions of Windows up to Windows 7. Accordingly, you should remove browser hijackers for Search.entru.com in the same fashion that you would remove any rootkit, Trojan or other PC threat – by using appropriate and up-to-date anti-malware products.

The Other Ailments That May Ride Along with Search.entru.com Redirects

Despite the fact that redirects to Search.entru.com can be considered one of the most prominent symptoms of infection by browser hijackers and related PC threats, SpywareRemove.com malware experts also warn that these attacks may be joined by others that are aren't so easy to detect. Typical problems that victims of Search.entru.com redirects have experienced include:

• Software that's blocked without permission, such as e-mail clients (Outlook, in particular) or security programs.
• Programs, especially anti-malware products, that freeze for no apparent cause.
• An inability to change your file-viewing settings to allow you to see files or folders with the Hidden or System attributes.