2015-11-24

How to Solve Search.snapdo.com Hijacking Easily and Quickly

What is search.snapdo.com

Search.snapdo.com page can be seen by Firefox, Chrome and IE users. This page will replace your homepage and search engines without your permission, and it offers no effective search results but messy searching experience.


The banner ad on Search.snapdo.com is so conspicuous. It is recommending a dubious program and users who use it will only find their computer messed up. Besides such a banner, more ads will be displayed in the form of pop-ups. Pages will pop up as a new tab to catch your attention. All these ads are risky and you should never click them, to avoid being redirected. Even you are careful in ignoring the malicious ads, you may notice the browsers are slowed down. The infected browsers will get no response and even crash frequently.
Additionally, the hijacker may keep an eye on your browsing history. Your recent search terms, preferred sites and typed URLs will be used for reference to deliver customized ads to attract your attention, then redirect you to irrelevant pages. It is worthy to be worried about because your privacy information can be leaked out and lead to embarrassments even financial loss.
There are several ways to get infected with such a hijacker. The malware and trojans you got from dubious software center will make the modifications to your browsers settings and registry data against your will. Clicking to malicious ads and spam mails will also lead to browsing hijacking. You should clean up all the threats throughly to get rid of the annoying browser hijacker.