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Searchiksa.com

Posted: September 14, 2016

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 9
First Seen: September 14, 2016
Last Seen: January 9, 2019
OS(es) Affected: Windows


Searchiksa.com is a dubious search engine that features a customized Google Search field. The page does not appear to link to any external websites, nor does it include ads or other content that may be associated with promoting low-quality software or suspicious Web destinations. However, the Searchiksa.com website may be linked to more than one browser hijackers whose purpose is to convince users into agreeing to install them, therefore allowing them to modify a Web browser's configuration so that it may redirect users to Searchiksa.com when they perform particular actions automatically.

The Searchiksa.com browser hijacker may change the default new tab page of popular browsing agents like Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera. While this action is not threatening, it can be quite annoying because most users like to use a particular search service and websites whenever they browse the Web. If you notice this unwanted change, then the reason for it is probably a dubious Web browser extension that you might have installed recently. Keep in mind that browser hijackers like the one associated to Searchiksa.com may often use dubious distribution methods whose purpose is to get users to install low-quality software unknowingly. This means that the Searchiksa.com might have been installed even though you don't remember agreeing to do this. We advise users whose new tab page has been changed to Searchiksa.com to resolve the problem by uninstalling or disabling any unknown browser extension they find. Another solution is to run a potent anti-malware scanner since this guarantees that all of the browser hijacker's files will be identified and deleted.

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