Acofinder.com Removal Guide
Acofinder.com redirect is added by a destructive search hijacker malware that changes the hosts file to reroute MSN, Google and Yahoo search engine requests. The search hijacker will modify DNS settings and redirect Firefox and Internet Explorer web browsers to http://Acofinder.com to show targeted advertisements. Acofinder.com may infect users systems while visiting corrupt adult related web sites or through chat or instant messaging programs. Acofinder.com search hijacker is a privacy and security risk that may generate unsolicited pop-ups and collect your online activities.
Possible symptoms
- Removed files re-create at system start-up
- Corrupted credit card transactions
- Unknown program files show up in the process list
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Technical Definition
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Threat name: |
Acofinder.com |
Also reffered to as: |
Acofinder |
Type: |
Search Hijacker |
Sub type: |
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General description: |
A search hijacker is a steathy trojan variant that hijacks Internet browsers and redirect Google, Yahoo and Bing search quarry results to contaminated web pages. Search hijackers are generally installed into running system processes which makes them practically complicated to remove.
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| Risk Levels |
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Risk level: |
High |
Distribution level: |
High |
Removal level: |
Moderate |
Harm level: |
Medium |
Infected systems |
Windows XP, Windows 95, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 98, Windows ME |
| Associated threats and Clones |
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Aliases/Clones: |
N/A |
Related Threats: |
cdn4.specificclick.net, directddr.com, greatsearchworld.biz, results.gugle.com, mdlinx.com, youfindmore.com, traffic-incidents.com, clkh71yhks66.com |
Threat Files |
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Exe files: |
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Dll files: |
N/A |
Aditional files: |
N/A |
Associated Search Terms |
| Acofinder.com redirect, removing Acofinder.com, Acofinder.com popup, eliminate Acofinder.com, Acofinder.com removal program |
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