Signalsearchsystem.com

Like other CC Search websites, Signalsearchsystem.com has the look of a real search engine but not the features of one, and any attempts to use Signalsearchsystem.com as a search engine will only redirect you to irrelevant or malicious websites that pay revenue back to Signalsearchsystem.com for the click. Besides this pure waste of your time, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have also tracked down Signalsearchsystem.com's affiliations with browser-redirecting rootkits like the ZeroAccess rootkit. If your web browser starts being redirected to Signalsearchsystem.com or any other CC Search website, your PC is infected, and you should find and remove your Signalsearchsystem.com infection right away with a competent anti-malware application.

Signalsearchsystem.com and the PC Threats That It Signals

Signalsearchsystem.com will not make mention of its fraudulent intentions, but any victims of Signalsearchsystem.com should only need a few attempts at using Signalsearchsystem.com, before they figure out that Signalsearchsystem.com doesn't have any features that are related to getting genuine search results. Even Signalsearchsystem.com's links to seemingly-useful categories of sites like 'Insurance,' 'Cars,' 'Shopping' and 'Entertainment' are all built to bring a little money back to Signalsearchsystem.com, instead of giving you relevant information. SpywareRemove.com malware experts have also spotted this same visitor-abusing search scam being used by other CC Search sites, such as coolsearchsystem.com, strikingsearchsystem.com, colossalsearchsystem.com, swellsearchsystem.com, marveloussearchsystem.com, raresearchsystem.com, corkingsearchsystem.com, uncommonsearchsystem.com, Unusualsearchsystem.comnoblesearchsystem.com, wickedsearchsystem.com and neatsearchsystem.com.

Visits to Signalsearchsystem.com can cause serious harm to your PC, as SpywareRemove.com malware researchers note with the following examples of probable Signalsearchsystem.com attacks:

• Malicious software may be installed without your consent by the abuse of scripts and other browser security holes. The most probable Signalsearchsystem.com infection is a variant of the ZeroAccess rootkit that redirects searches to CC Search sites, although other possibilities include fake security programs, keyloggers and worms.
• Your web browser may be redirected to Signalsearchsystem.com, even if you're trying to use a completely legitimate site such as Google. This attacks can affect all popular browsers from IE to Chrome.
• Rootkits and Trojans may make attacks on your computer's security (for example, by changing your firewall settings, opening network ports or disabling anti-malware scanners). This can allow remote hackers to gain easy access to your PC.

Pulling the Plug on Signalsearchsystem.com

You should never attempt to delete a Signalsearchsystem.com browser hijacker by making minor changes to your web browser or even uninstalling Signalsearchsystem.com. Most browser hijackers corrupt the Windows Hosts file as well as the Windows Registry, and should be deleted by an appropriate anti-malware application.

Since Signalsearchsystem.com has only been identified as a PC threat recently as of late October 2011, you may be required to update your threat definitions database before your anti-malware software can detect infections related to Signalsearchsystem.com rootkit. If you experience Signalsearchsystem.com infections blocking your attempts to use these programs, SpywareRemove.com malware experts have several solutions to recommend:

• Renaming the program .exe file to a generic file name (such as 'iexplore.exe' or 'explorer.exe').
• Starting Windows in Safe Mode from the advanced startup options menu.
• Starting Windows from an external source like a USB drive.