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Search Provided by Yahoo by Wincy

Posted: October 26, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 13,382
Threat Level: 8/10
Infected PCs: 1,743
First Seen: October 26, 2015
Last Seen: February 21, 2025
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Search Provided by Yahoo by Wincy is a suspicious application that may appear on your list of installed programs out of nowhere. Of course, there is reasonable explanation why Search Provided by Yahoo by Wincy is installed, and you may be shocked to hear that it is very likely that you authorized the installation of this program unknowingly. Search Provided by Yahoo by Wincy may be distributed with the help of software bundles, so it may be offered as an optional install when users install a completely different piece of software. The offer to install Search Provided by Yahoo by Wincy may be accompanied by misleading instructions and messages, therefore increasing the chances of the user authorizing the installation of Search Provided by Yahoo.

But what changes may the installation of Search Provided by Yahoo by Wincy cause? The application doesn't seem to be associated with any harmful activity, but it may, however, cause some unwanted changes to your computer's behavior. Search Provided by Yahoo by Wincy may hijack your search results, and make them go through a 3rd-party search engine whose results are likely to be different from the ones your default search engine may display. Apart from this, Search Provided by Yahoo by Wincy also may inject advertisements in your web browser, therefore cluttering the web pages you visit, and increasing the amount of bandwidth and hardware resources required by your web browser. Despite this software's harmless nature, it may get in the way of your regular browsing activities, so its removal is recommended.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:



"C:\Users\<username>\appdata\Local\{0EDF3883-2A77-543B-47EF-71D363878D4B}\uninstall.exe" /Uninstall /s /noun File name: "C:\Users\<username>\appdata\Local\{0EDF3883-2A77-543B-47EF-71D363878D4B}\uninstall.exe" /Uninstall /s /noun
Mime Type: unknown/exe" /Uninstall /s /noun
Group: Malware file
Sqlite3.dll File name: Sqlite3.dll
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
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