Startxxl.com

Startxxl.com is a suspicious search engine, which appears to be promoted by a browser add-on named StartXXL. This utility is only compatible with Mozilla Firefox, and we were unable to find versions that work with other modern Web browsers. The purpose of the extension does not seem to be anything special, and it simply offers to provide users with a new and enhanced way to search the Web by replacing their default homepage and new tab page with Startxxl.com. However, the usefulness of this change is questionable since Startxxl.com appears to be a rather outdated Web page that does not provide any useful features.

The installation of this browser add-on might be promoted via online advertisements, but we've also identified several websites that offer users to install the Mozilla Firefox browser alongside the StartXXL extension. While this add-on is not harmful, we advise you to stay away from it since it does not offer anything of value, and the quality of its search feature is questionable. Although Startxxl.com does not mention the search algorithm it uses to generate the results page, it is obvious that the search results are very similar to the ones displayed by Google. It is possible that Startxxl.com might be powered by the Google Search at the moment, but this might change at any time, and the search page might start to deliver sponsored advertisements and results that most users would like to avoid.

If Startxxl.com has been set as your browser's default homepage and new tab page, then the likely reason for this is that you have installed the StartXXl add-on recently. The recommended fix is quite simple – uninstall the dubious extension, and this should be enough to get your browser's configuration back to normal.