Scour.com Removal

Scour.com Removal Guide

Scour.com is a search redirection activated by a prevalent search engine redirect virus that changes the result links in main search engines to display ads related with the typed search queries. When performing search queries, all links in Bing, Yahoo and Google will be redirected to Scour.com and other unwanted web pages. Viruses causing the Scour.com redirect may have the capacity to acquire data and expose information from your computer to an outside attacker.

Threat Definitions

Malware Data
Threat name:	Scour.com
Also named as:	N/A
Type:	Search Engine Redirect Virus
Sub type:
Ordinary definition:	A search redirect virus is a malware that shows false search engine results and redirect to sites unrelated to the search query. The virus gets launched through a trojan that redirects searches to sites showing advertisements associated with the search subject.

Threat Intenseness
Risk level:	High
Distribution level:	Medium
Removal level:	Comlicated
Damage level:	High
Corrupted systems	MS Windows 7, MS Windows Vista, MS Windows XP, MS Windows Me, MS Windows 2000

Clones/Associated Threats
Aliases/Clones:	Not Available
Similar redirects:	freefinderonline.com, bestdarkstar.info, seek.ind.in, find.searchassist.com, googlebreak.com, Searchingandclick58.com

Files
Exe files:	Not Available
Dll files:	Not Available
Aditional files:	Not Available