Name: MegaSearch Toolbar Category: Search Hijacker Alias: Mega Search Toolbar Advice: Remove Risk: Elevated Risk Elevated threats are usually threats that fall into the range of adware in which data about a user's habits are tracked and sent back to a server for analysis without your consent or knowledge. Description: MegaSearch Toolbar is an adware based Internet Explorer toolbar which hijacks searches and captures search information. Signatures: process: megasearchbarsetup.exe: MD5 Hash: ba45ac0d19297950d4f... process: MegasearchBarSetup.exe: MD5 Hash: .. Type: Search Hijacker - A Hijacker is software that resets your browser's settings to point to other sites. Hijacks may reroute your info and address requests through an unseen site, capturing that info. In such hijacks, your browser may behave normally, but be slower. Homepage Hijackers will change your home page to some other site. Error Hijackers will display a new error page when a requested URL is not found.