Find.rockettab.com

Find.rockettab.com could be called an evolving infection since it used to be a simple adware application; however, it has been developed into a questionable search engine. If you notice this site in your browsers when you open them up, it is quite possible that your computer has been attacked by a browser hijacker. We have found that this search engine may be promoted by a couple of hijackers. But, if a browser hijacker has found its way to your computer, chances are it was not alone. The hijackers promoting this search engine have been found in free software packages that may contain several malware infections. Therefore, this search engine may not be the only threat you should worry about. We recommend that you remove Find.rockettab.com as soon as possible. But in order to make sure that your computer is safe, we also advise you to perform a malware scan. Please read on to find out more about this malware infection.

We have found that this search engine may be promoted by a couple of browser hijackers, including Houmpage.com and Thesmartsearch.net. If you find any of these in the list of installed programs in Control Panel, you will see what set this potentially dangerous search engine as your new home page in your browsers. Since this infection affects all the major browsers, you will be exposed to this site if you use Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Google Chrome. If you visit Find.rockettab.com, there is one thing that should be noticed, and that is the lack of legal documents. In other words, this site has no EULA or Privacy Policy to share with its visitors. That is rather suspicious and makes you think that the developers have something to hide.

It is advisable not to use this search engine at all because it may present to you unreliable and manipulated search results. As a matter of fact, it uses its own search engine and does not redirect you to a third-party search engine’s results page. We tested this search engine carefully and found that this tool can collect data regarding your online activities in order to be able to show you relevant-looking sponsored ads and links. It seems that this search engine is used to promote certain affiliated websites to generate traffic. As a matter of fact, that is what all unreliable search engines are mostly about. That is why you cannot leave it in your browsers because you may not even realize that you are not using your preferred search engine. We have discovered, for example, that this tool has another variation you can find at Search.rockettab.com, which totally resembles Google. Using any of these sites could end with more malware threats on board or even with your becoming a victim of an online scam. You should remove Find.rockettab.com without hesitation if you do not want to find out what may happen.

The most likely way for this search engine to show up in your browsers is that its promoter browser hijacker arrives in a software bundle. The problem is that the bundles these hijackers travel in could be packed with a number of malware programs. Therefore, your computer may also be infected, for instance, with adware. Not only are these infections annoying, but they can also discredit any third-party advertising. In other words, you may think that you see is a reliable commercial, but when you click on it, you will find yourself on a questionable site that may infect you with malware or try to scam you in all kinds of ways. Therefore, it is essential that you run a system check.

However, if you would like to do some manual checking, you can open up the installed programs list in Control Panel and you can look for the hijacker and other malware infections that cannot hide. It is also worth having a look at the extension lists in your browsers to see if there is any tool that may be capable of displaying unreliable ads. You can try to remove the suspicious applications, but you need to know that sometimes it is possible that certain leftovers remain in the system. That is why we believe that the most efficient way to fight this malware war is with a proper weapon, i.e., a decent antimalware program.

In order to prevent similar infections from entering your computer, there are a few things you can do yourself. For example, it is important to keep all your programs and drivers updated to decrease the vulnerability level. You should also be careful to choose which sites you visit and where you click if you need to click at all. These are simple rules but they can definitely help you keep your computer more secure.

If you are ready to remove Find.rockettab.com, first, you will have to uninstall the hijacker through Control Panel. Then, you need to reset your browsers to set them back to default, i.e., make all unwanted changes disappear. If you need assistance, please follow our guide below. If you have questions regarding the removal of this malware infection, please leave us a message below.