SearchsmartDS Search

The SearchsmartDS Search is a browser hijacker that may be bundled with other free software kinds that may be found on the Internet. Whenever this browser hijacker gets installed, the SearchsmartDS Search will change the default search engine and the homepage of your chosen Web browser to hxxp://search[dot]searchsmart[dot]bid/?q=. Unfortunately, the software bundles often associated with this software are not made in a way that discloses their contents in full. It may sometimes happen that users who installed other programs may find themselves as the not so willing owners of the Searchsmart DS Search browser hijacker without ever being the wiser how it happened.

The SearchsmartDS Search browser hijacker also may redirect the searches to Yahoo, which is often used to generate ad revenue through the Yahoo Search for using search results obtained from it. When the SearchsmartDS Search is found on a computer, the symptoms that betray its presence include the following:

• There may be changes to the Web browser's default homepage to search[dot]searchsmart[dot]bid instead.
• There may be a change of the default search provider of the browser, as well as the search box to hxxp://search[dot]searchsmart[dot]bid/?q=.
• The SearchsmartDS Search also may modify the new tab functionality of the browser so that it may launch the modified search page instead of whatever was set before the SearchsmartDS Search's presence in the system.
• The SearchsmartDS Search also may load into the Web browser through an add-on or extension as well.