About Bolobi Web hijacker origins

Bolobi Web search hijacker is a potentially unwanted application (PUA)¹, that is promoted as a plugin for your internet browser. It is typically spread as an add-on for Chrome or Firefox, that helps to search some particular information, for example, about sport events, make your browser far more secure, allow downloading of any type of web video, et cetera.

Nonetheless, the Bolobi Web plugin is rather pointless because all such functions are already integrated to your web browser and/or Windows. Such marketing slogans are targeted on low-skilled computer users, for example, pensioners or schoolchildren. But often even skilled users are getting caught on such an attraction. In certain instances, this hijacker is distributed together with free tools.

How harmful is Bolobi Web hijacker?

Besides its impracticality, Bolobi Web hijacker is also considerably harmful for web browser usage. It modifies your search engine to its specific – my-search.com, and also transforms your background, putting its watermark on your wallpaper (or, sometimes, changing it to default with the specified symbol).

In addition to aesthetic changes done by Bolobi Web hijacker, you might notice that some of your search inquiries are redirecting to the suspicious websites, full of links and advertisements – so-called doorway websites. Such websites can contain the web links for malware downloading. The chance of redirecting rises if you attempt to start Google search page forcibly.

However all these actions are far more bothersome than truly dangerous. The greatest hazard, primarily for individuals who have a lot of secret information in their web browsers, is installed in data collecting functionalities. Cookie files, chats, often-visited web pages as well as other activities are easily collected by Bolobi Web hijacker.