Talk:Browser hijacking

Some Hijackers are legit search engines
Like Babylon, Ask, AVG, and maybe even others. Should we mention them as "safe"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.8.24.2 (talk) 19:10, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Earthlink Is Not A Hijacker
The title explains it all. - PGSONIC 12:51, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * well technically it was hijacking in that it was redirecting the user's browser in a way it had not been asked to do. I think you want to say that it is not *malware*...

Elinruby (talk) 08:01, 29 March 2011 (UTC)elinruby

flashing images
The flashing image (blinking like crazy) is a sign of receiving malicious advertising content. Turn off computer to cure the flashing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.90.197.87 (talk) 03:31, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

appbario?
What is about appbario? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.68.224.154 (talk) 09:31, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
 * The page https://malwaretips.com/blogs/appbario-toolbar-removal/ has information about Appbario. If you do enter information about it though, make sure not to write it like a "How to" guide. KirbyMario12345 (talk) 20:23, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Almost Windows-only
Wouldn't it be worth mentioning that other platforms are almost immune to browser hijacking, and that removing hijackers is much easier thanks to the absence of registry? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AslanYavrusu (talk • contribs) 11:02, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

GNU/Linux DO have Registry-like setting mechanism, e.g. dconf 220.137.19.38 (talk) 22:53, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Problem
I had set the site http://nabzsoftware.com/types-of-threats/dregol as one of the references for Dregol. It was all right when I accessed it, and it had been verified. However, Google Chrome is now reporting it as potentially dangerous. Thus, I have removed the source.68.100.116.118 (talk) 21:46, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Trovi
Trovi also uses a program called Search Protect. It changes the SE to Trovi Search. Is it the same as Conduit, or is it a different program? I think information about Trovi should be incorporated into this article. KirbyMario12345 (talk) 20:20, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

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Merger proposal
I propose Trovi be merged into Browser hijacking as Trovi is not independently notable on its own. Audiovideodiscoo (talk) 04:17, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge per nom (lack of independent notablity). And also WP:NOT a how-to guide (much of the current content isn't suitable to keep here or in merged target). Browser hijacking is already a listed example. DMacks (talk) 20:08, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge - I agree with the assessment of both the above editors.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:09, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus
This has not happened yet, and should not be here - Richevans69 (talk) 23:53, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Microsoft has announced it - I dont see why it shouldnt be referenced. MS admits the behaviour here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/microsoft-search-bing You think we should wait until they actually do it? I think I'd want to know this ahead of time if I were a sysadmin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Badbadpants (talk • contribs) 20:16, 5 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Sysadmins have undoubtedly seen this on one of the many computing news sites that have run stories about it. Wikipedia isn't a newspaper. - MrOllie (talk) 20:23, 5 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Enough of anons / socks re-adding this stuff William M. Connolley (talk) 22:07, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

OK I agree with wikipedia is not a newspaper & wont add this back again until it actualy happens. I will let this go for now if we can agree to add it back here if & when Microsoft rolls out this change i.e. the behavior "goes live" ? Any disagreement? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Badbadpants (talk • contribs) 23:42, 6 February 2020 (UTC)


 * What is needed is a reliable secondary source that describes this as browser hijacking. And on that principle, I have removed all of the "example" subsections that lack any source whatsoever.  (Probably most of the ones that do have a source could also be removed, since I doubt the sources verify that the software hijacks browsers, but I am not sufficiently interested to check them.) --JBL (talk) 21:04, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Microsoft announced that the Bing extension in Chrome (and later Firefox) for Office 365 Pro Plus will now be opt-in, not opt-out: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/office-365-blog/update-to-microsoft-search-in-bing-through-office-365-proplus/bc-p/1166927#M2041 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:189:c47f:e280:cc99:37a1:7e41:a88c (talk) 17:13, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Merge proposal
I propose merging Trojan.WinLNK.Agent into Browser hijacking. All "Trojan.WinLNK.Agent" means is a Trojan horse that uses Windows .LNK Shortcuts, and "Agent" is used by multiple AVs for nonspecific malware. Not every instance of browser hijacking needs its own article. --HamburgerRadio (talk) 23:01, 12 June 2024 (UTC)