GameSearcher – What is it?

“GameSearcher” search hijacker is a potentially unwanted application (PUA)¹, that is promoted as a plugin for your internet browser. It is typically shared as an add-on for Chrome or Firefox, that helps to search some particular information, for example, about sport events, make your browser a lot more secure, enable downloading of any web video, and so on.

However, the “GameSearcher” plugin is pretty ineffective because all such functions are currently built-in to your browser and/or system. Such marketing mottos are targeted at low-skilled computer users, like pensioners or schoolchildren. However often even professional users are getting caught on such an appeal. In certain scenarios, this hijacker is distributed along with free tools.

How harmful is GameSearcher hijacker?

Besides its impracticality, GameSearcher hijacker is additionally fairly unsafe for browser utilization. It alters your search engine to its specific – Game-searcher.com, and likewise alters your background, adding its watermark on your background image (or, occasionally, altering it to default with the mentioned sign).

In addition to viewable alterations done by GameSearcher hijacker, you can notice that a number of your search queries are redirecting to the uncertain sites, filled with web links and ads – so-called doorway websites. Such sites can have links for malware downloads. The chance of redirecting surges if you attempt to open Google search page forcibly.

But all these activities are much more annoying than really hazardous. The greatest risk, primarily for individuals who have a considerable amount of secret information in their web browsers, is embedded in information collecting functionalities. Cookie files, chats, often-visited sites, and various other activities are easily gathered by GameSearcher hijacker.