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Search.ividi.org

Posted: September 16, 2013

Search.ividi.org Screenshot 1Search.ividi.org is a search site that uses additional sponsored links (IE, advertisements) to profit from traffic that's redirected to Search.ividi.org by the Ividi browser add-on, a Potentially Unwanted Program. Search.ividi.org's browser extension may change your homepage and default search settings without your permission, is unusually difficult to uninstall and often is installed by unrelated software installers – all of which are characteristic traits of PUPs and various low-level PC threats. SpywareRemove.com malware analysts don't categorize Search.ividi.org as a risky website but do encourage the prompt removal of software that redirects your browser to Search.ividi.org non-consensually. As usual, anti-malware programs are considered necessary for deleting Search.ividi.org's browser add-on easily and entirely for PC users without backgrounds in computer security.

How Ividi Applies 'Veni, Vidi, Vici' to Your Browser

Search.ividi.org is one of a plentiful variety of poorly-known search sites that don't don't offer any features that could trump those of more well-known search engines. However, Search.ividi.org appears to make up for these limitations by enjoying the browser hijacks and redirects of associated Search.ividi.org add-ons, which force visitors to use Search.ividi.org as a search engine no matter what they may prefer. Typical symptoms of a Search.ividi.org PUP are a hijacked homepage and default search engine, regardless of what browser you're using and whatever its original settings might be.

Based on current attack reports, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers consider software piracy-oriented download sources, such as certain torrenting networks, to be the most likely sources of Search.ividi.org add-on infections. Like many PUPs, Search.ividi.org's add-on usually is installed through files that are pretending to be for an unrelated program, such as a media player or a private server version of World of Warcraft. If you keep your downloading habits clean and legal, your chances of bumping into Search.ividi.org are minuscule.

Rerouting Your Searches Away from Search.ividi.org and Back to Whatever Alternatives You Please

Search.ividi.org does not pose a danger to your browser and, at this time, only advertises for sites that are non-malicious in nature – albeit not necessarily reputable. Despite that, any case of being redirected to Search.ividi.org in ways that you can't control is a potential security issue that should be put under control as soon as possible. Because Search.ividi.org add-ons usually try to avoid being uninstalled through normal routes, SpywareRemove.com malware experts consider the use of anti-malware products reasonably necessary for deleting a Search.ividi.org hijacker or related Potentially Unwanted Programs. This is particularly true since Search.ividi.org add-ons often are installed through methods that may silently install several other PC threats that lack such obvious symptoms as Search.ividi.org redirects.

Although keeping a safe distance from illegal and suspicious download sources should be your first form of defense against a Search.ividi.org hijacker, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers also emphasize that the disguised nature of these installers may allow them to be distributed through methods their victims wouldn't necessarily anticipate ahead of time. Scanning new files before opening them always is a good PC security practice and will allow your anti-malware tools to identify mislabeled programs before they can start telling you which sites your browser is allowed to load.

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