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This bogus site is promoted using dubious application 'installers' and 'downloaders' that stealthily assign Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome default search engine, new tab URL, homepage browser settings to. Furthermore, developers promote using a deceptive marketing method called 'bundling'. In fact, this bogus site continually track users' web browsing activity. These false claims often trick users into believing that is legitimate. How to remove browser hijacker from Mac?Īccording to the developers, is a legitimate Internet search engine that generates the most relevant search results.
