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Uppersearch.tk

Posted: February 9, 2016

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 2,171
First Seen: February 9, 2016
Last Seen: June 10, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows


If Uppersearch.tk becomes your homepage without your explicit approval, it is a certain sign that your browser is infected with a browser hijacker. This site presents itself as a reliable search provider that will make it easier for you to find needed information. The true intentions of the developers of this questionable pagemay not be so noble. They try to promote their partners in exchange for referral commissions. Uppersearch.tk may show highly manipulated results to bring you the affiliate domains. Some of them may be legit shopping platforms that seek to grow their business, but other sites may be associated with threatening software or online misleading tactics. Uppersearch.tk doesn't have the mechanisms of legit providers to block potentially harmful pages. For this reason, it is not advisable to use this platform. Some PC users may be deceived that it is legit by its design. The page offers quick access to the databases of Wikipedia, YouTube, Yahoo and Bing. However, if you run a parallel search on reliable providers, you may notice many differences. Uppersearch.tk may not label the included ads properly, which means you may not suspect that you are about to visit a sponsored page. Instead of enhancing your search experience, uppersearch.tk may make it much more difficult to find what you need. The browser hijacker related to the questionable site is known to be stubborn. It may attach firmly to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The unwanted extension may have sneaked into the PC as a bonus application to some freeware. In case you cannot recall loading any new software before the redirections towards Uppersearch.tk, then there may be some additional parasites in your system. You should proceed with an in-depth system scan with a suitable security program to clean your machine from the browser hijacker and any other cyber threat that may be there.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathhttp_www.uppersearch.tk_0.localstoragewww.uppersearch[1].xmlHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\uppersearch.tkSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.uppersearch.tk

Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:
uppersearch.tk
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