Feed.thecooking.club will perform alterations to your browser which is why it is classified as a browser hijacker. Browser hijackers can generally be found attached to freeware, and if they go undetected, they would install without the user actually seeing. If you want to block these types of annoying threats, you should pay attention to what you install. Redirect viruses aren't classified to be malicious threats but they do carry out some questionable activity. Your browser's home website and new tabs will be altered, and a different website will load instead of your normal site. Your search engine will also be changed, and it could be manipulating search results by injecting advertisement links into them. If you press on one of those result, you'll be redirected to strange sites, whose owners are trying to earn money from traffic. It should be noted that if you get redirected to a dangerous site, you could easily get a serious infection. And malware could be much more dangerous compared to this. If you find the hijacker's supplied features useful, you ought to know that they can be found in trustworthy extensions as well, which don't endanger your OS. Redirect viruses are also collecting information about the users, so that more personalized advertisements might be shown. Unrelated third-parties may also be capable of accessing that info. If you wish to prevent it affecting your operating system further, you should urgently terminate Feed.thecooking.club.
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