BrowserModifier:Win32/Helpth
BrowserModifier:Win32/Nassem
BrowserModifier:Win32/Zwangi
Microsoft security software detects and removes this unwanted software.
This browser modifier makes changes to your Internet browser.
It can change your search engine results and show you pop-up ads.
Find out more about how and why we identify unwanted software.
BrowserModifier:Win32/Goobzo
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.
BrowserModifier:Win32/SupTab
Windows Defender detects and removes this unwanted software.
This browser modifier is a member of the Win32/SupTab family. It installs add-ons or extensions to your Internet browser without your permission. It also and modifies your search settings.
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 and Google Chrome web browsers.
It also 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 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”
Find out more about how and why we identify unwanted software.
BrowserModifier:Win32/Neobar
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.
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
BrowserModifier:Win32/Xiazai
Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this unwanted software.
This program installs unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
For more information about this threat, read the Windows Security blog:
MSRT June 2017: Removing sneaky Xiazai
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
BrowserModifier:Win32/Prifou
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.
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