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Searchz.online

Posted: August 19, 2016

Searchz.online is a low-quality search engine that doesn't work as you'd expect it to do. It appears that the search field seen in Searchz.online is broken and trying to use it delivers a page without any search results. This renders Searchz.online useless, since the search field is the only valuable feature found on the page. Apart from being useless, the Searchz.online website is also linked to a browser hijacker whose installation may lead to unexpected and unwanted changes to your Web browser's configuration.

The Searchz.online browser hijacker may change the browser's default homepage and new tab page to Searchz.online. Low-level threats like browser hijackers may often be used to generate traffic for new and unknown pages artificially, and this seems to be exactly the case with Searchz.online. Users who install the Searchz.online browser hijacker unknowingly may be disappointed to find out that their Web browser will now open Searchz.online automatically, as soon as they attempt to visit their homepage or open a new tab. Furthermore, the browser hijacker may check the Web browser's settings continuously to ensure that the user will not remove Searchz.online from the configuration.

If Searchz.online appears in your Web browser, then you should take action to remove the problematic software and restore your web browser's usual configuration immediately. It is not unusual for browser hijackers to be installed as a browser extension, so you should make sure to check your list of installed extensions and remove any suspicious entries.

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