Even though some victims can fall for the nice design or idea of getting the best search results, ‘Power search’ still has to sneak into the system unnoticed. The eAnswers company chose this way to pass around the virus, because users are usually aware of possible malicious effects and suspiciously look at the new search engines, especially after being used to the popular Google, Bing and etc. Most likely this will happen if you will download some free programs in a bundle or some files from an untrusted website and virus will be included. You can accidentally get the browser hijacker and not know about it until you will see all the final infection signs like different homepage and etc. The distribution of browser hijackers happen via bundling, torrents or sometimes even voluntarily. Then if you continue using the new browser hijacker, you can be sure that not only the search results will be pretty poor quality, but your personal data (passwords, credit card info, credentials), computer safety will be in danger too. powersearch.online and the search results will be generated from together with some annoying ads, which will really reflect on your browsing activity. powersearch.online virus succeeds in its setup, the next time you open your browser the usual search engine and homepage will be made into search. Third party reasons don’t matter for eAnswers, as long as they get paid. Just like several other browser hijacker producing companies Airfind or Polarity, eAnswers mainly earns revenue from the sponsoring search engines – this case Yahoo Search, as well as various other services/products/apps and also selling your private data for third parties, usually for online SEO, but is not limited only to it.

Then it sets as your main search engine, homepage and tracks the browsing activities, shows the results that sponsors pay for. It installs as a browser extension/add-on and after downloading a final script from the crooks’ servers gains the control of your Mozilla, Edge, Chrome. or simply ‘Power Search’ is a browser hijacker type of malware. Terms of use, Privacy Policy, Uninstall Instructions, Refund Policy, What do you need to know about the search. Note: Combo Cleaner trial provides detection of parasites and assists in their removal for free.

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