These results may include advertisements, links to malicious and misleading websites. Fake search engines show the results they generate based on the results of legitimate search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing, Yandex).
Malicious software simply replaces the addresses of these pages with the address of a fake search engine. Typically, browser hijackers promote fake search engines by changing browser settings such as search engine, new tab page, and homepage. The collected information can later be sold or used in fraudulent schemes. Quite often, these programs also collect information about the user. Typically, such programs infect the browser by changing its settings (home page, search engine, new tab URL). Such sites are usually promoted using potentially unwanted programs (PUPs), which are classified as “browser hijackers”. M. is the address of the site that is a fake search engine.
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