Windows Defender detects and removes this unwanted software.

This browser modifier installs add-ons or extensions to your Internet browser without asking you or confirming that you want to install them.

Usually, this threat bypasses the normal prompts or dialogs that ask for your consent to install browser extensions, toolbars, or add-ons into the Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox web browsers.

Find out more about how and why we identify unwanted software.

Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat. 

This browser modifier can redirect your web browser to a website named webalta.ru. Webalta can also download and run updates from the website update.webalta.ru.

BrowserModifier:Win32/TopGuide is a Korean-language browser helper object (BHO) that monitors search keywords and may redirect search queries to targeted advertisments.

It can also update its files and communicate with a remote server without adequate user consent.

Microsoft security software detects and removes this unwanted software.

This browser modifier makes changes to your Internet browser that you can't control.

It redirects your web browser searches and prevents you from changing your browser settings.

It can be installed on your PC by third-party software installers.

Find out more about how and why we identify unwanted software.

We no longer detect this program after definition 1.185.2485.0 in October 2014, as it does not violate the guidelines by which we identify threats, including unwanted software.

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this unwanted software.

This browser modifier changes your Internet browser settings. It can also prevent you from changing your browser home page, search provider, and installed extensions.

It can be installed when you download applications from untrusted sources, such as video players, video codecs, and free games.

This threat is an unwanted software. An unwanted software is a program that alters your Windows experience without your consent or control. We use a set of evaluation criteria to determine what programs are classified as unwanted software. As the software ecosystem evolves, so do our evaluation criteria. To learn more, read these blog entries:

• Protecting customers from being intimidated into making an unnecessary purchase
• Cleaners ought to be clean (and clear)
• A brief discourse on ‘Changing browsing experience’
• Keeping browsing experience in users’ hands
• Keeping Browsing Experience in Users’ Hands, an Update...
• Cleaning up misleading advertisements
• Adware: A new approach

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this unwanted software.

This browser modifier can change your web browser settings without adequate consent.   

It can be installed on your PC when you download other software from third-party websites.

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) removes this threat. Get more information from our blog MSRT November 2016: Unwanted software has nowhere to hide in this month’s release.

This threat is an unwanted software. An unwanted software is a program that alters your Windows experience without your consent or control. We use a set of evaluation criteria to determine what programs are classified as unwanted software. As the software ecosystem evolves, so do our evaluation criteria. To learn more, read these blog entries:

• Protecting customers from being intimidated into making an unnecessary purchase
• Cleaners ought to be clean (and clear)
• A brief discourse on ‘Changing browsing experience’
• Keeping browsing experience in users’ hands
• Keeping Browsing Experience in Users’ Hands, an Update...
• Cleaning up misleading advertisements
• Adware: A new approach

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this unwanted software.

This browser modifier is distributed as an installer for different applications. When launched, it displays an installation interface for the packaged application.

While installing software, this malware modifies shortcuts (.lnk files) for different web browsers, including Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox as well as popular Chinese browsers like UC Browser, QQ Browser, and Baidu Browser.

Opening a modified shortcut opens the browser and directs it to the following website:

hao.360.cn

Although this malware is known to install legitimate software and the website it points browsers to is legitimate, its behavior of modifying shortcuts in the background generally constitutes unexpected and unwanted behavior.

This threat is an unwanted software. An unwanted software is a program that alters your Windows experience without your consent or control. We use a set of evaluation criteria to determine what programs are classified as unwanted software. As the software ecosystem evolves, so do our evaluation criteria. To learn more, read these blog entries:

• Protecting customers from being intimidated into making an unnecessary purchase
• Cleaners ought to be clean (and clear)
• A brief discourse on ‘Changing browsing experience’
• Keeping browsing experience in users’ hands
• Keeping Browsing Experience in Users’ Hands, an Update...
• Cleaning up misleading advertisements
• Adware: A new approach

Microsoft security software detects and removes this unwanted software.

This application is known to restrict or limit your control over your web browser. Most commonly, these applications are taking away control over your browser homepage settings, search provider, or which extensions, add-ons, or toolbars are installed.

See the BrowserModifier:Win32/CouponRuc entry for more information.

Find out more about how and why we identify unwanted software.

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this unwanted software.

This browser modifier modifies your Internet browser settings without your permission.

Usually, this threat bypasses the normal prompts or dialogs that ask for your consent to modify your browser settings.

This threat is an unwanted software. An unwanted software is a program that alters your Windows experience without your consent or control. We use a set of evaluation criteria to determine what programs are classified as unwanted software. As the software ecosystem evolves, so do our evaluation criteria. To learn more, read these blog entries:

• Protecting customers from being intimidated into making an unnecessary purchase
• Cleaners ought to be clean (and clear)
• A brief discourse on ‘Changing browsing experience’
• Keeping browsing experience in users’ hands
• Keeping Browsing Experience in Users’ Hands, an Update...
• Cleaning up misleading advertisements
• Adware: A new approach

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this unwanted software.

This browser modifier can change your web browser settings without adequate consent.   

This threat is a family that modifies browser search and home page settings, and may download and install additional malware such as Trojan:Win32/Xadupi and Trojan:Win32/Suweezy.

It is usually installed through bundlers such as SoftwareBundler:Win32/Mizenota, SoftwareBundler:Win32/Prepscram, SoftwareBundler:Win32/InstallMonster, SoftwareBundler:Win32/ICLoader and SoftwareBundler:Win32/Dartsmound.

This threat is part of a suite of malware and unwanted software families that is also called "Fireball". Read about this threat group in the Windows Security blog: 

Understanding the true size of “Fireball”

This threat is an unwanted software. An unwanted software is a program that alters your Windows experience without your consent or control. We use a set of evaluation criteria to determine what programs are classified as unwanted software. As the software ecosystem evolves, so do our evaluation criteria. To learn more, read these blog entries:

• Protecting customers from being intimidated into making an unnecessary purchase
• Cleaners ought to be clean (and clear)
• A brief discourse on ‘Changing browsing experience’
• Keeping browsing experience in users’ hands
• Keeping Browsing Experience in Users’ Hands, an Update...
• Cleaning up misleading advertisements
• Adware: A new approach

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects this threat and stops the associated application from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can affect the quality of your computing experience. 

This browser modifier family can make the following changes in your PC (Google Chrome and Internet Explorer browsers) without your consent:

• Modify your homepage
• Modify your search provider
• Add browser extensions and toolbars
• Disable Browser Security Settings
• Perform other actions that you might not have intended

This threat is usually installed through bundlers and other unwanted software like BrowserModifier:Win32/Sasquor and BrowserModifier:Win32/Suptab. 

This threat is an unwanted software. An unwanted software is a program that alters your Windows experience without your consent or control. We use a set of evaluation criteria to determine what programs are classified as unwanted software. As the software ecosystem evolves, so do our evaluation criteria. To learn more, read these blog entries:

• Protecting customers from being intimidated into making an unnecessary purchase
• Cleaners ought to be clean (and clear)
• A brief discourse on ‘Changing browsing experience’
• Keeping browsing experience in users’ hands
• Keeping Browsing Experience in Users’ Hands, an Update...
• Cleaning up misleading advertisements
• Adware: A new approach