TabQuery.com

TabQuery.com has the mild and toned-down appearance of a low-budget search engine, but SpywareRemove.com malware researchers were quick to note that TabQuery.com's innocent demeanor conceals malicious content. As a confirmed distribution center for malicious software, TabQuery.com should be avoided in all contexts and at all costs, and any unanticipated visit to TabQuery.com should be followed up with a scan of your PC by qualified anti-malware software. TabQuery.com, like other fake search engines from its family, is also promoted by search engine hijackers that can redirect your searches from unrelated sites to TabQuery.com without your permission. Redirects to TabQuery.com usually are a clear sign that an active PC threat that's installed to your computer that may also be responsible for reduced security settings, pop-ups, poor browser performance and other security and privacy issues that can, once again, be remedied by appropriate security programs.

How TabQuery.com Twists Your Inquiries into Excuses to Attack Your PC

TabQuery.com promotes itself as a reputable search engine that even includes a standard privacy policy and a terms of use notice, but these safeguards are all for show. Because TabQuery.com is verified to host malicious content and may attempt to install PC threats onto your computer either automatically or by using fraudulent pretenses, TabQuery.com should always be avoided, and any attempts to use TabQuery.com's search feature is energetically interdicted by SpywareRemove.com malware researchers. Clones of TabQuery.com are regularly blacklisted by AV companies and should be considered equally dangerous as TabQuery.com. TabQuery.com clones are recognizable by a similar template structure, and some clone sites of TabQuery.com include, but aren't limited to Zinkwink.com, Seekdns.com, BrowserQuery.com, Browserzinc.com, Browserseek.com, BarQuery.com, BarDiscover.com, Zwankysearch.com and WinkZink.com.

Websites from TabQuery.com's family of fake search engines are well-known for playing host to the following threats:

• Hosting malicious software that could harm your PC by stealing personal information, displaying fake warning messages or hijacking your web browser.
• Using browser, Java or Adobe software-related vulnerabilities to attack your computer.
• Displaying fake system alerts and other fraudulent lead-ins to download links for PC threats, such as rogue security products.

Protecting Your Browser from an Unwarranted Trip to TabQuery.com

Many fraudulent search engine sites also use browser hijackers as their primary form of acquiring traffic, and TabQuery.com is no different from its relatives in that regard. Although reports of browser hijacks involving TabQuery.com have been in circulation since 2010, TabQuery.com and its sizable family of fake search sites are still up and ready to conduct their fraudulent business, and their browser hijackers should still be considered a danger to your computer. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have found that most redirects to TabQuery.com are caused by search engine hijacks, and avoiding search-related sites until you can remove a TabQuery.com-promoting browser hijacker can be considered a viable stopgap, albeit a temporary one.

Browser hijackers for TabQuery.com may also include other functions, such as limited Trojan attacks, the creation of unwanted pop-ups, changes to your homepage or blocking PC security websites. If your browser begins to redirect itself to TabQuery.com without an obvious cause, SpywareRemove.com malware research team suggests that you analyze your machine with a good anti-malware program, with Safe Mode or a remote drive-based boot being ideal environments for this procedure.