New Delhi: Hijacking of browser settings tops the list of user complaints made to search engine Google as cyber criminals change them using malicious software.

Modification of the settings is done without users' knowledge to generally force hits on a particular website, increasing its advertising revenue.

"So, you're trying to download a free screensaver or game or something else you really want. But later you find out that game came bundled with a malicious programme that's trying to hijack your browser settings. You're not the only one having this problem, in fact, it's an issue that's continuing to grow at an alarming rate," Google said on its official blog.

To help keep users browser settings under their control, Google added a 'reset browser settings' button to Chrome's settings page in October last year, it added.

"Despite this, settings hijacking remains our number one user complaint," the tech giant said.

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