Imagine starting your day only to find your browser's homepage replaced by a strange website and your searches rerouted to unfamiliar territories. This digital disarray isn't a fluke — it's a sign of ...

Browser hijacking is a potentially serious security issue. If a hijacking program has taken hold of your browser, any personal or sensitive information stored within it is seriously at risk. Browser ...

Q: How can I tell if my web browser has been hijacked? A: A browser hijack sounds dramatic, but it’s one of the most common and easiest to miss signs of unwanted software. Instead of breaking your ...

Q: How can I tell if my web browser has been hijacked? A: A browser hijack sounds dramatic, but it’s one of the most common and easiest to miss signs of unwanted software. Instead of breaking your ...

Close up of Google Chrome Web Browser web page on the web browser. Web browsers are the gateway to the internet, used for everything from online banking to social media. However, they also serve as a ...

Is your browser history safe? According to security researchers, attackers -- or just curious websites -- can "sniff" every website previously visited by your browser. That's the warning from ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: Using the Edge browser with no home page specified. It comes up with multiple (pages and pages) of stories to ...

Although Yahoo doesn't hijack browser searches, there are many viruses that can change your Web browser's default search settings to hijack your browser search and return links to malicious Web pages.

The Opera browser team is working on a new clipboard monitoring and protection system called Paste Protection, which aims to prevent content hijacking and snooping. Opera introduced the new feature in ...

From FaceTime's Greynets Blog-- I'm not kidding -- spread through instant messaging, a browser hijacker that plays music and it's named Safety Browser. Oh, the irony. This Safety Browser affects Yahoo ...

Ann Summers, a UK retailer known for its lingerie, had a common, yet frustrating problem. About 19.3% of the site visitors were being hijacked by browser-based ads. This is not only a display and ...