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Www-searching.com

Posted: February 5, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 3,359
Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 38,652
First Seen: February 5, 2015
Last Seen: October 17, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows


Computer users that are not fans of Google and prefer Bing.com as their search provider and homepage may notice that Www-searching.com is almost identical to Bing. However, Www-searching.com is not owned and related to the Microsoft Corp. The Www-searching.com portal is associated with a browser hijacker that may redirect users to a Bing look-alike site and record their search terms. The information passing through Www-searching.com may be sent to advertisers that use the Www-searching.com browser hijacker to show commercials on the pages the victim loads in Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera and Mozilla Firefox. Security researchers note that the Www-searching.com browser hijacker may have arrived on your PC with the trial version of software like US System Care and free media players like BR Media Player. The Www-searching.com is not a real search engine, and the field in the center of your screen is used only to record your search criteria and redirect you to Thesmartsearch.net. Www-searching.com and Thesmartsearch.net are blocked by services like Mozilla Phishing Protection, Websense Web Filter and Google Safe Browsing. However, users that are affected by threats and browser hijacking software may load Www-searching.com without a security alert popping up on their desktops. An analysis of Www-searching.com revealed that it is linked to other browser hijacking software and adware such as Bubble Dock and AdShooter. The Www-searching.com browser hijacker is not a severe cyber threat but may load insecure content and lead to data loss. Computer users that are infected with the Www-searching.com browser hijacker may not load videos on services like YouTubbe, and cannot skip video commercials by Www-searching.com. Fortunately, you can install a trusted anti-malware application that can remove browser hijacking software.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathhttp_www-searching.com_0.localstoragehttp_www-searching.com_0.localstorage-journalwww-searching[1].xmlHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www-searching.comSoftware\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\EdpDomStorage\www-searching.comSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www-searching.comSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\www-searching.com

Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:
www-searching.com
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