Types of Computer Viruses "Browser Hijacker" and Danger Acamannya to your computer - With frequent Internet users to browse, the virus exploits a weakness in Internet browsers (Internet Explorer). Some actions that can be done by the virus is a browser hijacker:
Change or deflect ditik destination address in the browser (generally, a tactic that is used to enhance hit traffic on a particular web and take advantage of web advertising.)
Installing browser helper object that is used to control the browser completely and get the information stored in the browser (like histroy address visited, the user name and password, and submit data on the form), and
Change the system settings such as startup programs, or Internet settings.
Browser hijackers can be categorized as a virus because the ride on the system (browser) and can perform duplicates to infect other systems. one virus type is quite popular browser hijacker is CoolWebSearch (which will redirect the browser to the address coolwebsearch.com) and websiteblockonline.com (which displays the message as if the computer is being attacked by a virus).
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