Search.searchlyee2.com is a browser hijacker distributed via freeware. It changes the user’s browser homepage and search engine to http://search.searchlyee2.com/ and prevents the user from changing it. Except that it shows irrelevant search results in order to trick you into visiting affiliate sites, it also floods every page you visit with a bunch of intrusive pop-up ads.
Donut ransomware – is a dangerous virus from HiddenTear ransomware family, that is able to encrypt all the important files like documents, photos, videos. Cyber criminals demand for money in exchange for decryption. The scheme is very typical and common for ransomware viruses. First Donut infiltrates your system, then starts encrypting procedure with AES encryption algorithm. This ransomware adds .Donut file extension to the name of all the encrypted data. For example, graphics.doc file turns into graphics.doc.Donut file. In this article you can learn how to remove Donut ransomware and decrypt .Donut files.
If your search engine and homepage have changed to 4-you.net without your noticing, that is the result of a browser hijacker installed on your computer. A browser hijacker often comes bundled with a free program, that gets installed by default unless a user doesn’t disable extra programs before installation. It also spoils your browser with a huge amount of intrusive advertisements as well as constant redirects to ad-supported pages.
Fluxsearch.com is a malicious extension for a browser, that may lead to unexpected consequences. It seems that this application is quite legitimate – a simple search engine and tool that provide a user with radio feature – you may listen to world radio directly from a browser. However, you should know, that this extension is categorized as malicious browser hijacker and it is recommended to remove Fluxsearch.com.
MapMyWayFree is presented as a browser extension that provides users with information about “MAPS and DIRECTIONS”. In fact, it’s yet another browser hijacker that takes over browser’s homepage, default search engine and new tab page without user agreement. This is done to get users to visit specific sites thus boosting traffic to these ones.