BrowserModifier:Win32/CommonName may be present as a Web Browser Helper Object (BHO) and may change the Internet Explorer search page. BrowserModifier:Win32/CommonName is usually bundled with other programs.

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.

Microsoft security software 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.

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this unwanted software.

This browser modifier is a program that changes your internet browser without your consent.

Run Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) to remove this threat. Read more in this blog:

MSRT December 2016 addresses Clodaconas, which serves unsolicited ads through DNS hijacking

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 modifies browser shortcut files. When launched using these modified shortcuts, the browsers open certain websites that you may not intend to visit.

It can be installed on your PC when you download other software from third-party websites. For example, we have seen this threat being distributed by a software bundler detected as SoftwareBundler:Win32/ICLoader.

Modified browser shortcuts are detected as BrowserModifier:Win32/Heazycrome!blnk.

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 modifies browser shortcut files. When launched using these modified shortcuts, the browsers open certain websites that you may not intend to visit.

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