In addition to the above, it is able to collect a wide variety of marketing-type data about you that can be later transferred to third parties. When the user clicks on ads in the search results, the developers behind browser hijackers gets paid. And since is not a real search provider and does not have the ability to find the information users need, this web site redirects the user’s web browser to the Google search engine. This means that users whose internet browser is hijacked with the browser hijacker are forced to visit each time they search in the Net, open a new window or tab. In this case, the hijacker installs as a search engine. Most often, browser hijackers promote fake search engines by setting their address as the default search provider. The developers behind browser hijackers can gather personal info such as user browsing habits as well as browsing history and sell this information to third parties for marketing purposes. For example, a browser hijacker redirects the user’s homepage to the browser hijacker’s page that contains ads or sponsored links a browser hijacker redirects the user web searches to a link the browser hijacker wants the user to see, rather than to legitimate search provider results. The aim of browser hijackers is to earn advertising revenue. According to cyber security researchers, Forest Start Tabs is a PUP (potentially unwanted program) from the category of Browser hijackers.

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