Gimmeanswers.com Removal

Infected With Gimmeanswers.com redirect?

Search engines redirected to Gimmeanswers.com is evidence of a search redirect virus, also known as browser hijacker. The virus is a prevalent infection which is responsible for redirecting search engine queries to third party webpages. Upon activation, the virus attaches itself into system and changes Yahoo, Google and Bing search links with Gimmeanswers.com irrelevant url. Gimmeanswers.com related malware can be constructed to steal your data and forward the harvested information to a distant end-user.

Technical Details

Malware Data
Threat name:	Gimmeanswers.com
Also named as:	Gimmeanswers
Type:	Search Engine Redirect Virus
Sub type:
Regular definition:	A search redirect virus is a trojan variant that hijacks web browsers and redirects links from search engines to pages containing ads. The main objective behind the search redirection is to get Web users to visit dangerous sites with irritating adverts.

Infection Levels
Risk level:	Severe
Distribution level:	High
Removal level:	Comlicated
Damage level:	Medium
Compromised systems	MS Windows 7, MS Windows Vista, MS Windows XP, MS Windows Me, MS Windows 2000

Aliases and Related Threats
Aliases/Clones:	N/A
Affiliated Threats:	shopasearch.com, seocash.us, trafficposter.com, Searchingandclick56.com, youfindmore.com, kdirectory.co.uk, klikstats.cn

Files
Exe files:	N/A
Dll files:	N/A
Aditional files:	N/A