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Form of unwanted software
Browser hijacking is a form of unwanted software that modifies a web browser's settings without a user's permission, to inject unwanted advertising into
Browser_hijacking
Browser hijacking malware
Fireball is a browser hijacking malware discovered by the security company Check Point. It takes over target browsers and turns them into zombies. Check
Fireball_(software)
Exploitation of a valid computer session
In computer science, session hijacking, sometimes also known as cookie hijacking, is the exploitation of a valid computer session—sometimes also called
Session_hijacking
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up hijacking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hijacking, to forcibly seize control of something, may refer to: Aircraft hijacking, the unlawful
Hijacking
Software often described as unwanted
SAY Media and Lavasoft's Ad-Aware Web Companion. Many companies use browser hijacking to modify a user's home page and search page, to force Internet hits
Potentially_unwanted_program
Plug-in module for Internet Explorer
A Browser Helper Object (BHO) is a DLL module designed as a plugin for the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser to provide added functionality. BHOs
Browser_Helper_Object
Practice of subverting the resolution of Domain Name System queries
DNS hijacking for their own purposes, such as displaying advertisements or collecting statistics. Dutch ISPs XS4ALL and Ziggo use DNS hijacking by court
DNS_hijacking
Large language model and AI chatbot by Anthropic
27, 2025). "Anthropic's auto-clicking AI Chrome extension raises browser-hijacking concerns". Ars Technica. Retrieved August 27, 2025. "Get started with
Claude_(AI)
Cluster of Israeli software companies specializing in adware
shareware and downloads. These software items are commonly browser toolbars, adware, browser hijackers, spyware, and malware. Another group of products are
Download_Valley
Operating business unit of IAC
adware. This browser hijacker has also been verified as being notoriously difficult to remove. It still takes over a user's web browser and search function
Mindspark_Interactive_Network
Chromium-based open-source web browser
privacy-focused web browser and includes features such as built-in advertisement blocking, protections against browser fingerprinting and a private browsing mode that
Brave_(web_browser)
Malware and adware detection tool
to a computer. Browser hijacking can cause malware to be installed on a computer. On February 16, 2012, Trend Micro released the HijackThis source code
HijackThis
Online platform
news outlets as malware and are difficult to remove. It has both browser hijacking and rootkit capabilities. Conduit began to shift away from this part
Conduit_toolbar
Data item stored in a browser by a website
cookie, Internet cookie, browser cookie, or simply cookie) is a small block of data created by a web server while a user is browsing a website and placed
HTTP_cookie
predecessor of VMP is the browser plug-in MetaStream from the once acquired company MetaCreations. Viewpoint Media Player is a web browser plug-in that enables
Viewpoint_Media_Player
Web browser with integrated AI capabilities
An AI browser is a web browser with integrated artificial intelligence capabilities, such as automatically summarizing web page content or answering questions
AI_browser
are known as Spyware by Microsoft Defender Antivirus, and malware or browser hijacker by some others, such as Panda Antivirus. However, Yahoo China filed
Yahoo_Assistant
Web browser developed by Google
and Android were later released, becoming the default browser on Android devices. The browser is also the main component of ChromeOS, on which it serves
Google_Chrome
Topics referred to by the same term
Fireball (search engine), a web search engine Fireball (software), a browser-hijacking malware Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, a cinnamon flavoured Canadian whisky
Fireball
Computer dictionary and translation program
bundled with Babylon and other software, has been widely identified as a browser hijacker that is very easy to install inadvertently and unnecessarily difficult
Babylon_(software)
Chinese online listings portal
Thai (for Thailand). Hao123 has been accused of being a malicious browser hijacker, as it often installs itself without user's consent after being installed
Hao123
Freemium PDF tool
unwanted programs like the Ask Toolbar and OpenCandy which installed the browser-hijacking malware Conduit. In July 2014, the Internet Storm Center reported
Foxit_PDF_Reader
Malicious software
China and India were identified as emerging contributors. Botnet Browser hijacking Computer security Cryptojacking Cryptovirology Cuckoo's egg (metaphor)
Malware
AI web browser developed by OpenAI
an AI browser developed by OpenAI. It was based on Chromium and was only available on macOS. The browser integrates ChatGPT into the browsing interface
ChatGPT_Atlas
Text-based, cross-platform web browser
customizable text-based web browser for use on cursor-addressable character cell terminals. As of 2025[update], it is the oldest web browser still being maintained
Lynx_(web_browser)
been hijacked, and unsuspecting persons who installed a prompted update had their web browsers hijacked, and a virus called the "Sweet Page" browser virus
Pando_(application)
Browser hijacker
MonaRonaDona is a browser hijacker that uses unique tactics through popups or alert messages stating that you are infected with a virus. It uses this message
MonaRonaDona
Digital marketing tool
applications and cause the taskbar and browser menu to become inaccessible. Some websites also employ browser hijackers to reset the user's homepage. The Federal
Mousetrapping
Anti-spyware program by Wiper Software
to help users protect their computers from such threats as adware, browser hijackers, worms, potentially unwanted programs (PUPs), trojans, and viruses
WiperSoft
Web browser based on the Chromium web browser
fixed. Comodo tracks each user's time spent using the browser, its operating system, and browser inquiries about certificate revocation, which reveal the
Comodo_Dragon
Software company which develops a PDF reader
unwanted programs like the Ask Toolbar and OpenCandy which installed the browser-hijacking malware Conduit. In July 2014, the Internet Storm Center reported
Foxit_Software
Windows-platform based Malware
a browser hijacker component on people's computers which would advertise their site through pop-ups. The installer could turn the user's web browser into
Live_Online_Portal
Advertising company
Superfish released new apps based on its image search technology. Browser hijacking Computer vision Concept-based image indexing Content-based image retrieval
Superfish
Topics referred to by the same term
Babylon Toolbar, a browser hijacker Babylon Health, a British provider of health apps Babylon.js, a real time 3D-engine for web browsers Kino Babylon, a
Babylon_(disambiguation)
ticking yes. Version 0.9: Adware Mobogenie (optional install); Adware browser hijacker Mysearchdial (optional install). Part of "KDE for Mac" and "KDE for
Comparison of download managers
Comparison_of_download_managers
American software distribution company
by many anti-virus vendors, due to the software's use of invasive browser hijacking. Takahashi, Dean (29 September 2011). "SweetLabs raises $13M for desktop
SweetLabs
Former multimedia Internet search engine company
doi:10.1145/2342356.2342394 "How to Remove Scour.com Redirect Virus? (Browser Hijacking Virus) - Remove Malware - Zimbio". www.zimbio.com. Archived from the
Scour_Inc.
PDF file converter and editor
2016, the installer attempts to install the Ask web browser toolbar, notorious for browser hijacking, and the OpenCandy adware. List of PDF software Johnson
CutePDF
Application of internet security to web browsers
breach browser security, ostensibly in order to test browsers and network systems for vulnerabilities. Although not part of the browser per se, browser plugins
Browser_security
Spyware program
Svchost32. The website claims that they are not responsible for the browser hijacking. They run an affiliate program that pays affiliates to direct others
CoolWebSearch
2011 computer trojan
browser hijacking to bypass two-factor authentication, and its interface had a special "token grabber" panel to facilitate these man-in-the-browser attacks
Gameover_ZeuS
Website protection mechanism
such as protocol downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking. It allows web servers to declare that web browsers (or other complying user agents) should automatically
HTTP Strict Transport Security
HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security
Attack on Internet routing infrastructure
BGP hijacking (sometimes referred to as prefix hijacking, route hijacking or IP hijacking) is the illegitimate takeover of groups of IP addresses by corrupting
BGP_hijacking
HTTPS security vulernability
to observe the size of the ciphertext sent by the browser while at the same time inducing the browser to make multiple carefully crafted web connections
CRIME
Form of social engineering
those on car park notices. QR phishing can also be combined with a browser-in-the-browser lure to induce the victim to approve the attacker's two-factor access
Phishing
Free and open-source web browser for Linux, BSD and Haiku
web browser of GNOME, and part of the GNOME Core Applications. It also runs on BSD and has been ported to Haiku. GNOME Web is the default web browser on
GNOME_Web
Chinese search engine
Haidian Court ruled that the Sogou search company was guilty of hijacking UC browser and Shenma search traffic through candidate words, constituted unfair
Shenma
Service that warns about malicious URLs
the browser supplies part of a cryptographic hash of the URL in question, and Google responds with a set of matching URLs in its database. The browser is
Google_Safe_Browsing
American computer scientist
copy as title (link) "CIPS Connections". "Michael Gregg discusses browser hijacking". "Cyber expert discusses online safety". YouTube. 9 December 2009
Michael_Gregg
one license) 11.0.1.6 No Prompts to install the Babylon Toolbar, a browser hijacker which is difficult to remove. Baidu Fanyi Cross-platform (web application)
Comparison of machine translation applications
Comparison_of_machine_translation_applications
Malware incidents and responses on Facebook
involving social networking services Privacy concerns of Facebook Malware Browser hijacking Computer worm Malware analysis Mobile malware Phishing Security engineering
Facebook_malware
Aspect of advertising
services (OTT) Virtual advertising Illicit, malicious, or misleading Browser hijacking False advertising Malvertising Trick banner Internet and mobile Ad
Annoyance_factor
Topics referred to by the same term
Searchbar or MyWay Speedbar or MyWay Search Assistant, a computer browser hijacker My Way Film Company Limited, a Hong Kong film production and distribution
My_Way_(disambiguation)
American technology company
technology company and subsidiary of PayPal. It is known for developing a browser extension that automatically applies online coupons on e-commerce websites
PayPal_Honey
American executive
called PeopleOnPage.[full citation needed] This application acted as a browser hijacker and passed details of the user's currently visited website to central
Kent_Ertugrul
Type of computer attack
HTTP requests with an unrecognized Host header. DNS hijacking DNS spoofing "Protecting Browsers from DNS Rebinding Attacks" (PDF). crypto.stanford.edu
DNS_rebinding
Spyware removal software
winsock LSPs, ActiveX objects, browser hijackers and BHOs, PUPs, HTTP cookies, trackerware, heavy duty, homepage hijackers, keyloggers, LSP, tracks, trojans
Spybot_–_Search_&_Destroy
Web browser security threat
Man-in-the-browser (MITB, MitB, MIB, MiB), a form of Internet threat related to man-in-the-middle (MITM), is a proxy Trojan horse that infects a web browser by
Man-in-the-browser
Free and open-source BitTorrent client
Frostwire has been noted to install other adware and malware, such as the browser hijacker WebDiscover. Software based in the original FrostWire source (gnutella
FrostWire
Type of HTTP cookie
server to a user's web browser. There are two types of cookie: Persistent cookies - Cookies that store information in the user's browser for a long time. Non-persistent
Secure_cookie
ostensibly to prevent browser hijacking and to encourage existing Windows users to use Microsoft Edge as their primary web browser. Parental controls no
List of features removed in Windows 10
List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_10
Web page displayed to new users of a network
registration form in a web browser. The web-based form either automatically opens in a web browser, or appears when the user opens a web browser and tries to visit
Captive_portal
Malware that collects and transmits user information without their knowledge
users have installed a web browser other than Internet Explorer, such as Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. Though no browser is completely safe, Internet
Spyware
Malicious website exploit
forgery is an example of a confused deputy attack against a web browser because the web browser is tricked into submitting a forged request by a less privileged
Cross-site_request_forgery
Software company of Canada
Trojans, bots, rootkits, data miners,[citation needed] parasites, browser hijackers and tracking components. In the 2008 Edition, Lavasoft bundled Ad-Aware
Lavasoft
Firefox extension
Firesheep was an extension for the Firefox web browser to hijack sessions. It used a packet sniffer to intercept unencrypted session cookies from websites
Firesheep
Data storage for copy and paste operations
receiving address into the clipboard, a hijacking program can overwrite it with an address controlled by the hijacker, so that when the user pastes the address
Clipboard_(computing)
American online advertising company
(2008-06-18). "NebuAd and Partner ISPs: Wiretapping, Forgery and Browser Hijacking" (PDF). Free Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-19
NebuAd
Form of message tampering
hijacking: Steals session cookies or tokens to impersonate a legitimate user in an active session. Man-in-the-browser (MITB): Malware alters browser activity
Man-in-the-middle_attack
Microsoft Windows software
the download, installation and execution of most spyware, adware, browser hijackers, dialers and other malicious programs based on ActiveX. SpywareBlaster
SpywareBlaster
Computer network protocol
The WebSocket protocol enables full-duplex interaction between a web browser (or other client application) and a web server with lower overhead than
WebSocket
American entrepreneur
man-in-the-middle attack in which a network attacker could prevent a web browser from upgrading to an SSL connection in a way that would likely go unnoticed
Moxie_Marlinspike
High-level programming language
browser." In November 1996, Netscape submitted JavaScript to Ecma International, as the starting point for a standard specification that all browser vendors
JavaScript
Form of online advertising
vulnerabilities/security holes in browser security. A variation on the pop-up window, the pop-under advertisement, opens a new browser window under the active window
Pop-up_ad
Form of cybersquatting which relies on mistakes when inputting a website address
Typosquatting, also called URL hijacking, a sting site, a cousin domain, or a fake URL, is a form of cybersquatting which relies on mistakes such as typos
Typosquatting
Authentication scheme
service-provider–initiated web browser single sign-on exchanges. A user wielding a user agent (usually a web browser) is called the subject in SAML-based
Single_sign-on
Ad blocking and privacy protection for everyone software
additional browser extension for Yandex Browser and Samsung Internet, which uses Content Blocker API. It downloads filter list updates and requests browsers to
AdGuard
Type of phishing attack
web browsing session being able to detect the presence of another session (such as a visit to an online banking website) on the same web browser, and
In-session_phishing
Entity that issues digital certificates
considered the founder of the CCSF. CA/Browser Forum – In 2005, a new consortium of Certificate Authorities and web browser vendors was formed to promote industry
Certificate_authority
Expert in Internet routing disruptions
in parallel at the time of the apparent hijacking. What appeared to be a simple, if vast, IP address hijacking turned out to instead be a DoD contractor
Doug_Madory
Deceptive affiliate marketing technique
Another technique used by some malicious entities includes hijacking or publishing malicious browser extensions on the Chrome and Firefox extension stores
Cookie_stuffing
Social engineering attack
attack, the victim of the attack runs malicious code in their own web browser, thus exposing personal information to the attacker. Self-XSS (stands for
Self-XSS
prevent Customer Journey Hijacking. Namogoo’s technology detects and blocks unauthorized ads injected into consumer browsers that redirect website visitors
Namogoo
Ccol
web browsers, the WPAD protocol has to be used with care: simple mistakes can open doors for attackers to change what appears on a user's browser: An
Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol
Web_Proxy_Auto-Discovery_Protocol
American businessman (born 1971)
Web, but the World Wide Web browser required advanced programming skills to use. After being shown the graphic web browser ViolaWWW in late 1992, Andreessen
Marc_Andreessen
Anti-censorship software
censorship then use a Snowflake client (packaged with the Tor Browser and Onion Browser) to access the Tor network, using Snowflake relays as proxy servers
Snowflake_(software)
Development framework built on Chromium
Microsoft Store that requires browser-based apps to be within two major versions of the latest release of the browser engine. Electron frequently releases
Electron_(software_framework)
Technique for making a Web page available under more than one URL address
(provides a new URL for the browser to resubmit a GET or POST request) 308 permanent redirect (provides a new URL for the browser to resubmit a GET or POST
URL_redirection
Malicious technique of tricking a Web user
attack was added to NoScript 2.2.8 RC1. The "NoClickjack" web browser add-on (browser extension) adds client-side clickjack protection for users of Google
Clickjacking
Text editor and source code editor for Windows
retaliation, mainland Chinese browsers developed by Tencent (QQ Browser and WeChat's built-in browser), Alibaba (UC Browser), 360 and Sogou started blocking
Notepad++
Malicious software used to steal information
Cookies allowed buyers to hijack a victim's browser session by injecting it into a browser environment. Resources refer to browser-related files found on
Infostealer
Browser extension
HTTPS Everywhere is a discontinued free and open-source browser extension for Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Brave, Vivaldi and
HTTPS_Everywhere
American email service
services worldwide, with 225 million users. It is accessible via a web browser (webmail), mobile app, or through third-party email clients via the POP
Yahoo_Mail
Language Microsoft developed for initializing structured values and objects
Silverlight browser plugin. However, both these methods are now unsupported on all major browsers due to their reliance on the discontinued NPAPI browser plugin
Extensible Application Markup Language
Extensible_Application_Markup_Language
Cryptographic protocols for securing data in transit
ensuring that the user's browser maintains authorization with the service, allowing an attacker with subsequent access to the browser to access and take over
Transport_Layer_Security
Handheld game console by Sony
2012. The PSP Internet Browser is a version of the NetFront browser and came with the system via the 2.00 update. The browser supports most common web
PlayStation_Portable
File manager/explorer designed by ES Global
integration, file transfer from Android to Windows via FTP or LAN, and a root browser. It was removed from the Google Play Store for committing click fraud,
ES_File_Explorer
Text-to-speech software
websites and, indeed, on all software applications they use, not just their browser. Greenfield, Patrick (11 February 2018). "Government websites hit by cryptocurrency
BrowseAloud
primarily used against CGI driven websites. A similar attack involving web browser cookies is commonly referred to as cookie poisoning. Consider a web-based
Semantic_URL_attack
Input fields on a Web page
activated, tells the browser to restore the values of the current form, to their initial values. submit — a button that tells the browser to take action on
HTML_form
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