What is EncryptedSearch?
EncryptedSearch might be encountered by users who are looking for ways to hide their search activity from other users. For this purpose, the extension offers a tool that should encrypt search keywords. Nonetheless, the application itself might be able to gather such data if it does not contain any identifiable information and even show you advertisements. Consequently, it may not come as a surprise that the application was classified as a potentially unwanted program. If you want to find out more about it, we encourage you to read the rest of this article. As for users who want to learn how to remove EncryptedSearch, we recommend checking the instructions placed below that explain how to delete the potentially unwanted program manually.
Where does EncryptedSearch come from?
For some time, users were able to get EncryptedSearch from the Chrome Web Store page. However, our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com noticed that it was removed from there. Even if it is no longer on the Chrome Web Store, we believe it might still be spread through unreliable file-sharing websites and pop-up advertisements. If keeping your computer clean is a priority for you, we advise against visiting torrent and similar file-sharing sites as the installers provided on them could be bundled with potentially unwanted programs or malware. Also, we recommend scanning files that you find suspicious or download from questionable sources with a legitimate antimalware tool. Taking this extra precaution could help you protect your system against various threats.
How does EncryptedSearch work?
Like most browser extensions, EncryptedSearch should appear in your browser’s extensions list. More visible changes could be made to your browser preferences, such as the default search engine, new tab page, or homepage. To be more specific, the potentially unwanted program might alter these preferences to introduce its search engine called encryptedsearch.org. If you have read the application’s description, you probably already know that this search engine is supposed to help you hide your searches from other users who might be using the same computer. It is said that the extension’s search tool does so by encrypting search keywords, which, as a result, should become unreadable.
If you do not want other users to see your search keywords, you may want to hide such data from programs installed on your computer too. In such a case, you should know that EncryptedSearch might gather anonymous search activity as well as other non-personal data while it stays on your system. You can learn more about this as well as how the application might show you advertisements if you read its Privacy Policy statements. On the other hand, if you feel disappointed and do not want to keep this potentially unwanted program any longer, you could get rid of it.
How to remove EncryptedSearch?
Depending on your browser, you might be able to erase EncryptedSearch by deleting it from your browsing application’s extensions menu or by uninstalling it from Control Panel. For users who may need guidance in these processes, we provide deletion instructions at the end of this paragraph. If the task seems too challenging, you could install a legitimate antimalware tool and let it eliminate EncryptedSearch for you.
Delete EncryptedSearch
Google Chrome
- Go to Google Chrome.
- Insert the following link into the browser’s address bar: chrome://extensions
- Press Enter and search for the potentially unwanted program.
- Click Remove and close the extensions menu.
- Restart your browser.
Mozilla Firefox
- Launch Mozilla Firefox.
- Copy and paste about:addons into the browser’s address bar and click Enter.
- Navigate to Extensions.
- Look for EncryptedSearch and remove it.
- Leave the extensions menu.
- Restart your browser.
Internet Explorer
- Navigate to the Start menu and pick Control Panel (for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7) or press Windows key+R, insert Control Panel and press OK (for Windows 8 and Windows 10).
- Chose Uninstall a program or Add or Remove Programs.
- Select EncryptedSearch and press Uninstall.
- Exit the Control Panel.
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