Homepage, new tab URL, default search engine. Threat Summary: Nameīrowser Hijacker, Redirect, Search Hijacker, Toolbar, Unwanted New Tab. You are strongly advised to remove all suspect applications and browser extensions/plug-ins immediately upon detection. To summarize, the presence of data-tracking content can lead to serious privacy issues, financial loss and even identity theft. The collected data is often shared with third parties (potentially, cyber criminals) seeking to misuse it for profit. It can monitor browsing activity (URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries typed, etc.) and collect personal information (IP addresses, geolocations and other details). As mentioned, Secured Search can track data. Therefore, the only way of recovering the affected browser is by eliminating the hijacking software. Furthermore, browser hijackers can restrict or deny access to browser settings and reset any permitted changes made. This is the case with, which redirects to Yahoo (). This is typical of most fake searching tools, and so they tend to redirect to (or cause redirection chains leading to) legitimate search engines. Despite unwanted redirects to, this bogus search engine cannot generate unique results. Therefore, with this software installed, each search query typed into the URL bar and each new tab/window opened redirects to the promoted address. Following successful infiltration, they reassign the homepage, default search engine and new tab/window URLs to the addresses of fake search engines. Popular browsers with large user bases such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Chrome and Internet Explorer are common targets of browser hijackers.
Due to the dubious methods used to spread Secured Search, it is also categorized as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA). In fact, this software operates by making modifications to browser settings in order to promote (a fake search engine).Īdditionally, Secured Search has data tracking capabilities, which are employed to monitor users' browsing activity.
Identical to ByteFence Secure Browsing, Secured Search is a browser hijacker endorsed as a tool to improve browsing security and privacy.
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