Anti-spyware 101

Search.gboxapp.com is a domain that is promoted by Gadgetbox, which is a desktop program. The application features a lot of functions – you can play Sudoku, consult a Magic 8 ball, use a calculator, and so on. Nevertheless, Gadgetbox installs a browser add-on which alters the home page and search engine of Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. If you think that the search.gboxapp.com has been set as your default home page and search provider without your consent, try to remember what computer applications you have installed recently. And the next time you launch an installer, do not forget to read the information about the application. Read more »

Gadgetbox is a computer application which is supposed to help you access all the computer programs you may need. Once you install the application, a Gadgetbox icon appears on the screen. The application allows the user to use calculator, Magic 8 ball, and other tools. We recommend that you remove Gadgetbox as this application can change the settings of your browsers. Read more »

Sweetsearch.com presents itself as a search engine and a browser plugin for students. Supposedly it teaches web research skills to educators and students. The website itself cannot be considered a computer threat, but it definitely is related to a number of security issues you should better avoid. Since this website makes use of cookies and displays third party advertisements, there is a chance for you to get infected with malware just by browsing the web via Sweetsearch.com. Therefore, you are strongly recommended to remove Sweetsearch.com from your browser and computer along with all the other potentially dangerous programs. Do take your system security seriously. Read more »

Digstar Search may seem like a beneficial and fun search engine; however, you need to be extra careful with the home page and search provider changes within your Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. No, the search tool cannot switch your home page to digstar.com without your consent; however, some computer users claim that the changes can be quite confusing. For example, if you click the offered pop-up to apply a search provider on IE, you then are asked to change your home page as well. According to Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers, the suggestions do not provide links to the Privacy Policy of the search engine which is quite suspicious and you should be careful. Read more »

Search Among is a computer application, a toolbar, which promotes searchamong.com.  Search Among can get to the PC with various free applications that are available on different websites.  One of the programs that can distribute Search Among is VIO Player. Read more »

Have you downloaded InboxAce Toolbar onto the Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers? Then it is highly likely that your home page and search provider have been changed to home.tb.ask.com and Ask Web Search. Even though these search tools are not considered malicious, you may be uncomfortable with the initiated changes. Can you call the toolbar a browser hijacker? The application cannot hijack your browsers, as you are asked to confirm or decline the offered changes. Since they are applied automatically, you may think that the modifications have been performed illegally; however, this is not true. Read more »