SearchQuick.net

SearchQuick.net is a search engine site that delivers advertisements and other forms of content that are traditionally labeled as 'spam' instead of providing the intricate and safe results that a popular search site like Google would proffer. Although SearchQuick.net's results are unlikely to be of any use, SearchQuick.net has been noted to acquire repeated traffic by way of browser redirects from browser hijack-capable PC threats. If your web browser is redirecting itself to SearchQuick.net for no reason, chances are high that your PC is infected by a Trojan, rootkit or malicious toolbar, and SpywareRemove.com malware experts recommend that you immediately scan your computer. Trojans and other PC threats that are capable of browser hijacks may also be a source of other attacks until removed, including pop-ups and password theft.

Don't Be Too Quick to Trust a Redirect to SearchQuick.net

Redirects to SearchQuick.net and similar sites are, in almost all cases, a sign of infection by a browser hijacker. Browser hijackers that promote SearchQuick.net may be present in several forms, including:

• Browser-specific toolbars or BHOs that are unable to function in other types of web browsers. Although these add-ons may have utilities for their own removal, using these utilities will rarely remove the browser-hijacking component of the PC threat.
• Rootkits that infect the boot sector of your PC. In most cases, browser hijackers that are delivered in a rootkit format will not show a distinctive memory process or file on your PC, even though they'll be running by default whenever you load your OS by normal methods.
• Trojans that operate as independent programs, like rootkits, may launch themselves automatically, but unlike rootkits, they are often visible in Task Manager or as separate applications.

Redirects to SearchQuick.net may also be accomplished by changes to Registry and DNS settings; in such cases, you should make sure that these settings changes have been undone even after you've used anti-malware software to delete the guilty PC threat. Failure to do this may allow redirects to SearchQuick.net to continue even if the browser hijacker that's responsible for these changes has been completely removed.

Other Dangers That You May Face from a Browser Hijacker

Because PC threats that are able to redirect your browser to SearchQuick.net may also be able to commit to other types of attacks against your computer, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers discourage attempts to live with redirects or ignore them. Some of the other symptoms of a browser hijacker that you may experience include:

• Pop-up windows that feature advertisements, fake system scans or phishing scams.
• Safe websites that are blocked with unusual 'unsafe site' warnings. These warnings may also contain links to other websites like SearchQuick.net.
• Theft of your personal information due to the browser hijacker monitoring information that's saved in your browser's cached files.
• Unusual browser settings such as settings that lock your starting page to SearchQuick.net and refuse to be changed.

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