internetsearchservice.com

Alias: internetsearchservice.com, Zlob

Description: Homepage and search hijacker, which intercepts link clicks and redirects you to sites that distribute fake anti-spyware tools such as MalWarrior, Windows Antivirus 2008, VirusHeat, AntiMalwareGuard, WinSpywareProtect, WinSpyKiller, etc. Internetsearchservice.com may be caused by Zlob trojan infection.

Threat type:

Homepage Hijacker - A Homepage Hijacker is a software application that takes control over your browser's settings. Usually it changes your home page and redirects it to some other site or modifies your search settings. It prevents you to change browser's settings. In such hijacks, your browser may operate normally, but be much slower.

Search Hijacker - A Search Hijacker is a software application that takes control of your browser's default search engine. The search results may not necessarily be the best fit as those usually come from paid advertisements, as issued to you by the Hijacker authors. Search hijackers prevent you from changing your browser's default search engine, and they tend to slow down PC performance.

Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer or your privacy.

Detection:
SpyNoMore detects internetsearchservice.com: Yes

Threat risk: Very High Risk

Extremely dangerous malware. Uses stealth installation, randomly named entries and has the capability to self update or resurrect after incomplete removal. Almost impossible to remove manually. Category mostly consists of trojans and spyware.

Symptoms:

User's homepage is changed to internetsearchservice.com or to other so-called 'Security Center' websites.

Warning messages such as "Critical System Error", "System Alert", "Your Computer is Infected".

Presence of blinking icons next to computer clock. The icons can generate balloon messages claiming infection.

Redirects link clicks to sites like internetsearchservice.com or protectstartpage.com.

internetsearchservice.com Signature Details: The following information includes some of the standard signatures associated with this spyware threat. Please do not attempt to manually remove these items from your computer; Removing these items incorrectly or partially can cause your computer to experience critical errors, prevent your computer from restarting or cause loss of Internet connectivity. Should you be infected with internetsearchservice.com, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

Running Process Signatures:

File Signatures:
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Registered Dll (Dynamic Link Library) Signatures:

Internet Explorer Integration:

Folder Signatures:
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Registry Signatures:
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SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:

See Also:
safehomesite.com
instantsafepage.com
protectstartpage.com
securearticle.com
WinSpywareProtect
AntiMalwareGuard
WindowsAntivirus2008
WinSpyKiller