Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.

Win32/Tracur is a family of trojans that can redirect your web searches. They do this to earn revenue for the malware authors via online advertisement fraud. The trojans hijack search result links from the following search engines, and redirect you to a different webpage:

• Alltheweb
• Altavista
• AOL
• Ask
• Bing
• Gigablast
• Google
• Hotbot
• Lycos
• Netscape
• Snap
• Yahoo
• Youtube

Win32/Tracur can also download and run files, including other malware, and give a hacker control of your PC.

These threats can be installed on your PC by other malware, or when you click on a suspicious link or email attachment.

Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.

This threat is a component of Win32/Tracur, which is a family of trojans that redirect web search queries to malicious URLs, download and run and other files, including other malware, and let backdoor access and remote control.

The purpose of this redirection may be to earn revenue for the malware's authors via online advertisement fraud. The trojans hijack search result links from the following search engines, and redirect you to a different result than where you were intending to go:

• Alltheweb
• Altavista
• AOL
• Ask
• Bing
• Gigablast
• Google
• Hotbot
• Lycos
• Netscape
• Snap
• Yahoo
• Youtube