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Websearch.searchsun.info

Posted: February 21, 2014

Websearch.searchsun.info Screenshot 1Websearch.searchsun.info is another, unasked-for, but nonetheless given member of the Websearch family, a series of domains specializing in redirecting their visitors to secondary search sites of varying quality. Although Websearch.searchsun.info's redirects aren't a problem for people who don't visit its website, Websearch.searchsun.info and most other Websearch domains also have substantial ties to browser hijackers, which usually are installed as toolbars that make invasive changes to your browser's settings. Whenever your browser loads Websearch.searchsun.info, especially repeatedly, malware experts recommend acting to get rid of the Websearch.searchsun.info's hijacking toolbar with suitable anti-adware or anti-malware tools.

Getting Your Web Searches Blinded by the Sun

The convenience and popularity of search engines have led to profit, but not always in the ways intended by the search engine company. One of the many ways that unscrupulous businessmen and other persons profit from this specialized industry is through search engine referrals, and the secondary websites that provide them. Websearch.searchsun.info has no features other than redirecting any incoming searches over to another site, search.smartaddressbar.com, but this limitation hasn't slowed down Websearch.searchsun.info's ability to garner new traffic.

Websearch.searchsun.info's new traffic may be traced back to the distribution of browser hijackers, either brand-new ones or new modifications of old Websearch hijackers that take your browser's surfing behavior into their own hands. These PC threats may be disguised as various types of supposedly helpful software, most often including different forms of browser toolbars, but always reset your homepage and/or search engine to Websearch.searchsun.info. These settings changes, also observed in other Websearch-based hijackers, may subvert any normal browser settings and can't be reversed without the total removal of the associated software.

Closing Your Eyes to the Search Sun You didn't Ask to See

Websearch.searchsun.info isn't a threat-associated website and, while Websearch.searchsun.info may use privacy-inhibiting tracker cookies, doesn't engage in behavior that could be considered illegal. However, it's malware researchers' experience that Websearch.searchsun.info and other Websearch-brand domains provide no advantages and may redirect their visitors to sites that aren't necessarily safe. Searching the Web via Websearch.searchsun.info should be undertaken with great care, and you may want to make full use of your browser's security features, such as disabling pop-ups and scripts.

Removing a Websearch.searchsun.info hijacker can use anti-malware or anti-adware programs, but an even safer option than that would be to avoid this software's installation entirely. Common tactics for the distribution of Websearch.searchsun.info hijackers and other PUPs often use installers with opt-in or opt-out options for additional, optional programs. The sites most well-known for distributing these programs in bulk also tend to have poor histories for security, and malware experts would suggest using safe alternatives to them.

Some others in the Websearch family like Websearch.searchsun.info include Websearch.searchbomb.info, Websearch.searchsunmy.info, Websearch.search-guide.info, Websearch.searchguru.info, Websearch.searchisbestmy.info and Websearch.wisesearch.info.

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