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ALL ABOUT TAPLIKA.COM
Taplika.com is a dangerous browser hijacker which gives a false impression to
inexperienced web browsers or computer users as a genuine search engine opposite to the reality.
The site depicts itself as legitimate and any web surfer who ends up in this site could bring
serious effects to his/ her computer. Taplika.com is powered by an unsafe web engine called
MySearchDial bundled with the capability of tracing cookies and other malware. It is able to
record user information such as history of webpages visited, the shopping records, the users
search queries, accounts as well as passwords. It uses this information to prompt unwanted pop
up ads which in most cases pose a threat to the users computer. It can also add soft wares and
install programs in the users computer which will control all the browsing activity of the search
engines commonly used.
Most cases when someone surfs in the net, he/ she might come across obstacles such as
pop up ads which depict themselves as legitimate websites whereas they are scam sites such as
Taplika.com. If one stays for some time in taplika.com, it exposes ones computer to viruses such
as Trojan horses, spywares, worms, malwares etc. this viruses normally hide within the script of
these pop up ads.
Often are cases when web surfers cannot tell how Taplika.com sneaks to their computers,
this because it tricks the user into opening different browsers which displays blank information,
in a case as this, the cunning browser hijacker modifies the default settings of the users
computer without consent. This is very dangerous since it ends up infecting other installed web
search engines such as; Internet Explorer, Google chrome as well as Mozilla Firefox.
Symptoms

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Some of the symptoms that you need to look out for in a computer exposed to Taplika.com
include:
The PC will start to run more slowly.
Frequent insufficient memory error pop ups even when the user runs one or two
programs.
Often times the PC hangs and shuts down suddenly without any manual instruction to do
so.
Things that happen when Taplika.com infects a PC
1. It installs itself without the users consent.
2. Hijacks Google as well as other search results.
3. Allows criminals to attract traffic to their websites for monetary desires
4. It is always accompanied with a lot of adware parasites as well as spywares.
5. Infects ones PC and redirects any web searches to malicious webpages instead.
6. Replaces the initial homepage and hijacks new websites that one visits.
How to remove Taplika.com from your PC
Has your computer settings been altered by this malicious adware? If yes, it’s unfortunate
but there’s always a way out.
To begin with, remove all taplika.com related programs which can simply be done using
the control panel; Remove/ Uninstall program option. Select related programs such as Taplika
and MySearchDial, click remove and agree to its removal. You also have to remove all files and
folders related to these programs. This also is accessed from the control panel; Appearance and
personality option. Click on view tab and highlight the “show hidden files folder” option. Click
OK and save the changes made. Go back to C:\disk and D:\ to find files under temp, User File
Folder and App Data and delete all Taplika related files. Thirdly, start Run and type “regedit”. On
the registry editor navigate through the HKEYs and delete all entries related to taplika.com.

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ALL ABOUT TAPLIKA.COM Taplika.com is a dangerous browser hijacker which gives a false impression to inexperienced web browsers or computer users as a genuine search engine opposite to the reality. The site depicts itself as legitimate and any web surfer who ends up in this site could bring serious effects to his/ her computer. Taplika.com is powered by an unsafe web engine called MySearchDial bundled with the capability of tracing cookies and other malware. It is able to record user information such as history of webpages visited, the shopping records, the user's search queries, accounts as well as passwords. It uses this information to prompt unwanted pop up ads which in most cases pose a threat to the user's computer. It can also add soft wares and install programs in the user's computer which will control all the browsing activity of the search engines commonly used. Most cases when s ...
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