Deluxsearch

Posted by Lisa Blanc on December 15, 2016

What is Deluxsearch?

Deluxsearch will promote itself as a reliable browser extension that can enhance your online search experience. Unfortunately, this program is just an adware application that was designed to promote third-party content. This content could prove to be dangerous if it is embedded there by cyber criminals and other malevolent parties. Therefore, it is not safe to keep this application on your computer, and it is recommended that you remove Deluxsearch as soon as possible. If you fail to get rid of this and other potential threats, you might face the risk of malware infection, and it goes without saying that any user would want to avoid that. test test

Where does Deluxsearch come from?

Some people might argue that Deluxsearch is not a malicious infection because it has an official homepage. The page is located at deluxsearch.com, but even if we open it, there is no way to add the extension to your browser because the download button does not work. So it is obvious that users cannot get the application from its main source.

What’s more, it is very likely that you have installed this app on your computer yourself, but you were not aware of that. How does that happen? It happens because the application is distributed in software packages. It means that you install Deluxsearch together with several other applications, and at the time you are probably focused on some program you really wanted to download, so you miss all the notifications about the additional features or programs that came along. This is actually one of the most common distribution methods employed freeware applications, and users often do not recognize the potential threat posed by software bundles.

Our researchers at anti-spyware-101.com also say that Deluxsearch is probably related to the Superweb family, and this is a notorious group of adware applications that have been quite prevalent a few years ago. However, if that is really true, then it should not be hard to remove the application from your PC.

What does Deluxsearch do?

Although the program is an adware application, some of its features make it look like a browser hijacker, too. For instance, if you add Deluxsearch to your browser, it will modify the default search engine, homepage, and even the new tab settings. According to the official website, with Deluxsearch, you can “treat yourself to a search experience like you’ve never imagined.” On top of that, the home.deluxsearch.com domain that gets set as your homepage looks very user friendly, with several shortcuts to Gmail, Yahoo, Facebook, YouTube, and other popular websites.

Nevertheless, that gives you no reason to trust this application because you can be sure most of your search queries will be monitored and logged. After all, Deluxsearch is an adware application, so it will collect information on your web browsing habits to generate and display custom commercial content. The logic behind this tactic is simple: if you see something related to your likes and preferences, you are more willing to interact with that content. And the moment you click anything delivered by the application you help them make money.

Our main problem with this piece of software is that there is no way to guarantee the safety of the content promoted by this application. Not to mention that it cannot review the content it promotes because it is not covered by the application’s privacy policy. Hence, whenever you are about to click any commercial advertisement, you have to keep in mind that there is no telling in what website you might be redirected to. So, technically, you click those ads at your own risk.

How do I remove Deluxsearch?

There are too many potential security risks associated with this application to just ignore it. The program could be easily exploited by cyber criminals for their own malicious purposes. So you need to protect yourself from potential exploitations and malicious infections by deleting Deluxsearch right now.

Probably, the easiest way to get rid of this intruder is to restore your browser’s settings to default. If you are worried about other potential threats, you can also scan your PC with a licensed antispyware tool that would detect other unwanted programs, and you will be able to remove them at once. Do not wait until it is too late to do anything about your computer’s security status.