Adware.Ghokswa

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Short bio

Adware.Ghokswa is Malwarebytes’ detection name for a family of adwarethat installs modified versions of popular browsers on affected Windows systems. 

Malicious behavior

The browsers installed by Adware.Ghokswa have different start pages, new tab settings, and search settings than the original browser.

Protection

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Home remediation

Malwarebytes can detect and remove Adware.Ghokswa without further user interaction.