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SearchDimension search hijackers: An overview of developments - The SearchDimension family of search hijackers has made some headway over the past year. Here's an overview of their latest tricks.

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SearchDimension search hijackers: An overview of developments

December 29, 2020 - The SearchDimension family of search hijackers has made some headway over the past year. Here's an overview of their latest tricks.

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WebNavigator Chromium browser published by search hijackers - A mystery Chromium browser recently made a sudden appearance, and is certainly proving popular. But what is it, and where did it come from?

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WebNavigator Chromium browser published by search hijackers

November 17, 2020 - A mystery Chromium browser recently made a sudden appearance, and is certainly proving popular. But what is it, and where did it come from?

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Billion-dollar search engine industry attracts vultures, shady advertisers, and cybercriminals - We look at the ways in which criminals and vultures use less-than-honest tactics to fleece the search engine industry for a piece of its billion-dollar pie.

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Billion-dollar search engine industry attracts vultures, shady advertisers, and cybercriminals

January 6, 2020 - We look at the ways in which criminals and vultures use less-than-honest tactics to fleece the search engine industry for a piece of its billion-dollar pie.

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QxSearch hijacker fakes failed installs - QxSearch is a group of search hijackers that try to make the user think the install failed or was incomplete. Is it that they don't want to be found and removed? Or just bad programming?

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QxSearch hijacker fakes failed installs

August 16, 2019 - QxSearch is a group of search hijackers that try to make the user think the install failed or was incomplete. Is it that they don't want to be found and removed? Or just bad programming?

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