Live-Secure – What is it?

“Live-Secure” search hijacker is a potentially unwanted application (PUA)¹, that is spread as a plugin for your web browser. It is usually spread as an add-on for Chrome or Firefox, that assists to search some particular information, as an example, about sport events, make your browser much more safe, enable downloading of any web video, and so on. Also, this app adds the “Managed by your organization” feature (on Chrome browsers).

Nonetheless, the “Live-Secure” plugin is quite pointless because all such functions are currently embedded to your web browser and/or system. Such advertising and marketing mottos are targeted at low-skilled computer users, like pensioners or schoolchildren. However occasionally even expert users are getting caught on such an appeal. In particular instances, this hijacker is spread together with free apps.

How harmful is Live-Secure hijacker?

Besides its uselessness, Live-Secure hijacker is likewise considerably harmful for web browser utilization. It changes your search engine to its particular – Live-secure.xyz, and additionally alters your background, adding its watermark on your wallpaper (or, sometimes, changing it to default with the mentioned symptom).

In addition to seeable modifications done by Live-Secure hijacker, you may observe that several of your search queries are redirecting to the unfamiliar web pages, full of links and promotions – so-called doorway websites. Such sites can include web links for malware downloads. The possibility of redirecting boosts if you try to open Google search page forcibly.

But all these actions are much more irritating than really dangerous. The most important danger, especially for people who have a lot of confidential information in their internet browsers, is installed in data collecting functionalities. Cookie files, conversations, often-visited websites, and various other activities are easily gathered by Live-Secure hijacker.