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2. CoolWebSearch - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoolWebSearch

   CoolWebSearch has numerous capabilities when it is successfully installed on a user's computer. [1] The program can change an infected computer's web browser homepage to 'coolwebsearch.com', and though originally thought to only work on Internet Explorer, recent variants affect Mozilla Firefox as well as Google Chrome, and others.

3. Browser hijacking - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_hijacking

   There are similar variants of conduit search such as trovi.com, trovigo.com, better-search.net, seekforsearch.com, searchitdown.com, need4search.com, clearsearches.com, search-armor.com, searchthatup.com, premiumsearchweb.com, along with other variants which were created in a customized way for the toolbar creation service Conduit Ltd used to ...

4. Fireball (software) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireball_(software)

   The fake search engines include tracking pixels used to collect private information from users. Fireball manipulates the infected browsers and turn their default search engines and home pages into the above-mentioned fake search engines, which enable the software to spy on users of the infected browsers.

5. Rogue security software - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_security_software

   Black Hat search engine optimization (SEO) is a technique used to trick search engines into displaying malicious URLs in search results. The malicious webpages are filled with popular keywords in order to achieve a higher ranking in the search results. When the end user searches the web, one of these infected webpages is returned.

6. Conduit toolbar - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conduit_toolbar

   Conduit's toolbars have been described in online forums and news outlets as malware [9] [10] and are difficult to remove. [11] [12] It has both browser hijacking and rootkit capabilities. Conduit began to shift away from this part of its business in late 2013 when it spun off its toolbar division into Perion Network through a reverse merger. [13]

7. OpenCandy - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCandy

   OpenCandy's various undesirable side-effects included, changing the user's homepage, desktop background or search provider, inserting unwanted toolbars, plug-ins and extension add-ons in the browser. It also collected and transmitted various information about the user and their Web usage without notification or consent.