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Sindhia
2016-04-22, 08:59
In spite of regular updates and immunizations, my laptop was hijacked by HoHo and MPC fraud search engines. Spybot on-demand scan even failed to detect the infection. Had to remove it by MBAM.

tashi
2016-04-22, 17:55
Hello Sindhia,

It is good practice to have more than one anti-spyware-malware program adding layers of protection as all software has its own definitions. :)

(Which doesn't apply to an anti-virus of which only one should be resident.)

Do you know how both search engines got on the computer. Hohosearch and MyPlayCity may be bundled with other software: Optional Installs (https://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?279-So-how-did-I-get-infected-in-the-first-place&p=286306&viewfull=1#post286306)

Best regards.