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QxSearch hijacker fakes failed installs

August 16, 2019 admin bigsrch.xyz, Chrome Extension, pups, Qxsearch, search hijackers

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 21:06:16 +0000

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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PUPs

Tags: bigsrch.xyz Chrome Extension Qxsearch search hijackers

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Adware and PUPs families add push notifications as an attack vector

June 13, 2019 admin Adware, browser extensions, extensions, Facebook, Facebook spammer, fbspammer, notifications, plugin, plugins, PUP, pups, push notifications, search hijackers, Trojan, trojans

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 18:36:14 +0000

Push notifications are being added to the arsenal of PUPs, adware, and even a Trojan browser extension that spams Facebook groups.

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Adware

Tags: adware browser extensions extensions facebook Facebook spammer fbspammer notifications plugin plugins PUP PUPs push notifications search hijackers trojan Trojans