Search.lphant.net

Search.lphant.net is a search engine-based sub-domain of Iphant, a P2P music-sharing program that has strong affiliations with the Potentially Unwanted Programs (or PUPs) of various companies. Redirects to Search.lphant.net's searches often are caused by these same PUPs and browser hijackers that usually are installed through bundles with the Ilivid Download Manager or the latest versions of the Lphant file-sharing program. Because the underlying company responsible for Search.lphant.net has been found guilty of potential distribution of prejudicial software, you generally should uninstall any software connected to the Lphant brand as a matter of course. Anti-malware programs also can remove any lingering traces of the browser-hijacking system changes that force you to visit Search.lphant.net and characterize this family of PUPs.

When Getting Your Searches Through Search.lphant.net Can Mean Fewer Results for Sharing Files

As a search site, Search.lphant.net does not appear to be geared towards displaying bad content or unmarked advertisements, and SpywareRemove.com malware experts don't categorize Search.lphant.net as a dangerous site to visit. A 2009 acquisition of the Lphant.net and Lphant.com domains by Discordia Ltd has allowed that company to market a new version of the file-sharing program that only connects to specific filtered networks, rather than to the generalized BitTorrent or Kad databases. This has the practical effect of making any searches for files through Search.lphant.net's software highly likely to display limited results, and the probability of having your file-sharing habits monitored by third parties is very high.

This new version of Search.lphant.net's Lphant software has been distributed in software bundles along with other PUPs, including the Ilivid Download Manager, the Searchqu browser hijacker and the Bandoo toolbar. Quite apart from the file-sharing limitations of the Lphant program, you also may find that some or all of these Potentially Unwanted Programs redirect your browser towards Search.lphant.net, particularly during any Web searches. Most of the above applications either will not uninstall themselves completely or may conceal themselves from being uninstalled from the Control Panel, which is a characteristic typical for malicious software.

A Search for the Best Searches Coming to an End

Search.lphant.net doesn't have anything to recommend Search.lphant.net as a search site, but neither do SpywareRemove.com malware researchers consider any tentative contact with Search.lphant.net to be a potential security issue. However, if you've installed any software reminiscent of the above descriptions or any software related to these brands, you should be aware that normal software removal methods may fail to reverse the browser changes through which the ongoing redirects to Search.lphant.net are enacted. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers also have noted that most Web browsers are affected by Search.lphant.net hijacks from PUPs, although attacks, so far, are restricted to Windows.

Software related to Search.lphant.net should be considered, at best, Potentially Unwanted Programs and, in some cases, arguably a form of PC threat. Removing the browser changes that cause redirects to Search.lphant.net's search results usually requires anti-malware software, although SpywareRemove.com malware researchers haven't noted any remarkable resistance to anti-malware scans from the central Lphant program.