Hillownotcountonight.me pop-up ads redirect virus, or more often referred to as a browser hijacker, will alter your browser's settings without authorization. The hijacker intends to redirect you to sponsored pages, hence why it will set its advertised page as your homepage, new tabs and search engine. Because hijackers don't require explicit authorization to carry out these modifications nor do they even inform users about them, users are more often than not bewildered when they notice. If you are not annoyed at it yet, you soon will be because of the undesirable modifications and the redirects. The annoying behaviour is also what makes the hijackers such obvious infections. Users not noticing anything amiss when they are redirected is doubtful. However, if users aren't aware of what hijackers are, they might not be aware they are dealing with one.
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