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V9 Search Engine is it malware or part of CCleaner?


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Hello- used CCcleaner for years. Tried it recently on a new cpu after downloading directly from Piriform.  However, after every scan chrome automatically gets changed to use the V9 search engine as a a default and v9 as a home page.  Ive removed and changed v9 manually so this only happens after a cccleaner run.  

 

Is this malware, is there anyway to get rid of this. It ruins an otherwise great product....thanks

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V9 is a browser hijacker - so Yes, it's malware.

 

http://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-v9-search-virus/

 

you need to do as @Andavari suggests and get your PC scanned.

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shoot!, sorry, I only read the first 2 pages and thought that was enough to add ammo that it was malware.

didn't notice that site also had removal instructions.

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