Is Speedtestbeta.com
a virus?
Speedtestbeta.com is defined as a malicious
redirect virus, which is able to pop up millions of ads on the infected machine.
Once this little pest invades your system, it will regard your browser as its
first target, and then modify the browser settings. As a result, the browser,
such as Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome will be redirected to Speedtestbeta.com,
which displays some annoying ads. Moreover, any clicking on each search result
will be redirected to other unfamiliar websites, which have nothing to with what
you are searching for. What’s more, Speedtestbeta.com will force you to
download its related programs, which may cause a great harm to your system. And
those unwanted programs will consume lots of system resources as a result,
which results in a problem that the machine will run extremely slow. Besides,
as you know, Speedtestbeta.com is a redirect virus, so it is able to replace
the homepage and gather your browsing information. That is to say, the homepage
cannot be set at will anymore and your sensitive information may be exposed to
malicious hackers. To sum up, Speedtestbeta.com should be removed as soon as
possible, so that you can get your homepage back and stop redirection.