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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Remove start.iminent.com Browser Hijacker – Virus Removal Instructions


What Is start.iminent.com?


start.iminent.com, a member of iminent search, is a malicious browser hijacker virus. It usually gets into your computer via downloading free software from the Internet. As soon as you install the software, the bundled start.iminent.com will be installed at the same time. Once being installed, this browser hijacker will be able to change your settings without any permission. As a result, your default browser homepage will be replaced by start.iminent.com and search engine will be changed to Start Search. Furthermore, this virus can redirect you to a secondary search engine and record your online activities while you search information through it. From then on, no matter you want or not, each time you open your browser this virus will display thousands of pop-ups according to your browsing habit. If you are attracted by these ads and click on them, your computer may get infected with other malware or virus. Even worse, the running extensions of this virus will take up your system resources so that it may cause a system crash someday. Therefore, you should remove this start.iminent.com away from your computer as soon as you find it.