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The Blekko.com website is not malicious itself and it contains links to legitimate web pages; but the trojan rootkit which produces the unwanted redirect can cause a lot of damage. It may harvest stored information such as banking details from your hard drive and cause your computer to respond slowly. If you think that you have been infected with the search hijacker, it is recommended to check you system for Google hijack virus.In case your system has any of the following signs we advise you to check your computer for viruses and rootkits.
- System hangs during start up and and Windows displays an error message
- Someone has changed your start page and search page and you can't change it back
- You keep getting redirected to Blekko.com whenever you run a search query on Google or Bing search engines
- Background picture has been replaced and you can't switch it back