Searchgenius.com

Searchgenius.com is a search engine domain with documented ties to browser-hijacking and adware-based software. Although such products aren't a threat, they may cause unintentional harm to your Web-browsing security standards and may not provide any meaningful benefits in return for forcing your browser to load Searchgenius.com. If you're seeing advertisements from Searchgenius.com or see your browser redirect itself to this site's searches, scan your PC with appropriate anti-adware products that can remove all components of a Searchgenius.com browser add-on automatically.

A 'Genius' at Work on Your Browser Searches

Up-and-coming search sites may use different methods to overcome the struggle of redirecting traffic from more well-established sites than themselves, but, unfortunately, those methods may be linked with poor practices in software development. Like the innumerable search domains before it, Searchgenius.com is one site that malware researchers have connected directly to profiting from a browser-hijacking add-on, known as Search Genius 1.0. On average, PC users don't install Searchgenius.com's software intentionally, but may install it by mistake when Searchgenius.com is bundled with a third-party program.

The Searchgenius.com adware may redirect all Web searches to its namesake Website, and also may inject extra advertising content into other Web pages. Searchgenius.com searches, while not known for promoting harmful results, also may deliver advertising content unrelated to your search terms. Besides redirects to Searchgenius.com, you may notice symptoms such as injected text hyperlinks or Searchgenius.com-sponsored graphical advertisements loading automatically. Ordinarily, no visible UI or control elements for Searchgenius.com's adware will display themselves.

Dumbing Down the Search Hijacker that's Too Smart for Its Own Good

The Searchgenius.com adware may modify the Chrome browser through Windows changes. Searchgenius.com also, somewhat unusually, has shown some limited compatibility with Mac-based PCs, although malware experts noted that such issues may coincide with the presence of VM (Virtual Machine) utilities like the VirtualBox. Common modifications related to these adware installations may include extra Registry entries most likely used for a startup routine, as well as additions to the LaunchAgents and Application Support folders. PC users also may wish to look for file components bearing 'mediahm' strings in their names.

Most search engine sites with reputations similar to Searchgenius.com's history aren't meant to harm your PC, but may load advertisements with harmful content accidentally. As a consequence of this common security problem, malware researchers urge deleting Searchgenius.com adware and related programs as a default precaution. Your standard anti-adware utilities should experience minimal problems in identifying this PUP or browser changes related to Searchgenius.com.

The Searchgenius.com adware has not been seen affecting non-Chrome browsers, although some of its settings changes may occur on a system-wide basis. You should assume that Searchgenius.com software is active until you take steps for deactivating Searchgenius.com, such as using Safe Mode for terminating all unwanted memory processes.