Stabx.xyz Removal Guide

If your browser’s homepage was changed to Stabx.xyz automatically, then you should know that your browser was injected with a browser hijacker. A browser hijacker is a search engine that is distributed using malicious means and is set to replace one’s homepage address by force. Therefore, you should consider removing Stabx.xyz because it has replaced your browser’s homepage without your knowledge or consent. Apart from that, it also promotes shady websites in its search results and collects information about you to customize and personalize the advertising campaign. In short, this hijacker was made to generate advertising revenue. To find out more about this hijacker, please read this whole article.

After doing some digging, we discovered that this new browsing hijacker comes from an unknown developer, but this new hijacker is not unique as we have found that its developer has previously released Ustarts.xyz, Stabx.xyz, and Monsear.xyz. However, it might not be that for long because its developer can release another clone version any day now. We have found that this hijacker is disseminated with the help of malicious software installers, usually found on freeware hosting websites. Such installers are said to purposefully hide this hijacker and install it secretly. We have yet to find a working sample of an installer that installed this hijacker without authorization, but some installers might give you the ability to deselect its installation. However, most hijackers are installed without prior warning or approval, so it is unlikely that Stabx.xyz is any different.

According to our research, Stabx.xyz was created in Russia and is hosted on a Russia-based server. However, it is in the English language, so its creators target the international audience. This hijacker does not have its own search algorithm. Therefore, it relies on third-party services to, Bing, in particular, to bring you search results. We want to inform you that its search results can be unreliable and even malicious because they can redirect you to websites that contain malicious software downloads such as adware, ransomware, Trojans, and so on. There is no telling what you can encounter as a result of using this search engine because nothing is known about its advertising partners and to what extent they can be trusted.

Our analysis has shown that this malicious search engine was configured to collect non-personally identifiable information automatically to customize and personalize the available advertisements and promotional links to generate more income. It features the pay-per-click system, so you need to click the ad or links for the developers to get paid, so they have a vested interest in making sure that the search results feature as many relevant ads as possible. For this reason, alone, this browser hijacker was designed to collect information that includes your browsing history, entered search queries, location, and IP address, among other things. You might not want this information to be obtained by an unknown and, indeed, shady entity, so we recommend that you get rid of this search engine.

Stabx.xyz may look like an ordinary search engine, but our research has concluded that it is nothing more than a browser hijacker whose purpose is to replace your browser’s homepage address and serve you advertisements and promotional links in its search results. The search results are apt to redirect to shady and even malicious sites, so, to be on the safe side, we recommend that you remove this. All you need to do is go to your respective web browser’s settings and replace Stabx.xyz is your desired homepage address. If you do not know to do that, then we recommend using the guide we have included at the bottom of this article.

How to replace the homepage address

Mozilla Firefox

1. Press Alt+T and click Options.
2. Select General.
3. In the Home Page line, enter a new address.

Google Chrome

1. Press Alt+F.
2. In the dropdown menu, select Settings.
3. Click Set pages and enter a new homepage address.
4. Click OK.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

1. Press Alt+T and select Internet Options.
2. Enter a new homepage address in the address line.
3. Click OK.