GameSearchTab – What is it?

“GameSearchTab” search hijacker is a potentially unwanted application (PUA)¹, that is distributed as a plugin for your web browser. It is typically marketed as an add-on for Chrome or Firefox, that helps to search some specific information, as an example, about sport events, make your browser much more secure, allow downloading of any kind of video, and so on. Also, this app adds the “Managed by your organization” feature (on Chrome browsers).

Nonetheless, the “GameSearchTab” plugin is pretty pointless because all such functions are already integrated to your web browser and/or system. Such advertising mottos are targeted at low-skilled computer users, such as pensioners or schoolchildren. However frequently even skilled users are getting caught on such an attraction. In certain cases, this hijacker is dispersed along with free software.

How harmful is GameSearchTab hijacker?

Besides its uselessness, GameSearchTab hijacker is additionally fairly hazardous for browser usage. It modifies your search engine to its specific – Gamesearchtab.com, and additionally modifies your background, putting its watermark on your wallpaper (or, in some cases, altering it to default with the specified sign).

Besides visual transformations done by GameSearchTab hijacker, you may notice that many of your search questions are redirecting to the dubious websites, full of web links and ads – so-called doorway websites. Such websites can include web links for malware downloads. The possibility of redirecting boosts if you try to open Google search page by force.

But all these activities are a lot more annoying than truly hazardous. The greatest danger, primarily for people who have a lot of confidential information in their web browsers, is installed in data gathering capabilities. Cookie files, conversations, often-visited websites, as well as other activities are simply gathered by GameSearchTab hijacker.