What is Findthatsearch.com?
Malware analysts at Anti-spyware-101.com have concluded that Findthatsearch.com is not a real search engine but a browser hijacker that poses as one. Removing it is, therefore, highly recommended because its developers distribute it dishonestly using bundled software installers. They want you to use it for searching the web because if you do, then you will see promoted links. If you click the links, then you will generate ad revenue for this hijacker’s developers because you are the product to them. This search engine is all about advertising, but the ads come from unknown sources. Therefore, you ought to get rid of it to keep your PC secure.
What does Findthatsearch.com do?
While you can use Findthatsearch.com as a regular search engine, you ought to know that it redirects all entered search queries to a website at Goto.maxdealz.com which, in turn, redirects them to a modified Yahoo search engine. So you get search results from Yahoo, but the problem is that the results can contain promoted links supplied by Findthatsearch.com. There is no telling whether they are safe to interact with and in the worst case scenario, the promoted links can deceive you and redirect to scam sites or websites that contain malware downloads. Therefore, using this hijacker as a regular search engine is a risk because it is inherently malicious and will never go legit. Note that Findthatsearch.com may replace your browser’s new tab page, homepage, and/or search provider to make you use if for searching the web.
Findthatsearch.com has no privacy policy or EULA, so there is no official information to guide us on what it is really all about. Nevertheless, since it can show ad-supported search results, then it should be capable of collecting information about you to personalize and customize the links to make more money for its creators. Our malware analysts believe that this hijacker ought to gather non-personally identifiable information such as your browser type, operating system type, IP address, ISP domain name, approximate location, search terms entered, browsing history and so on. This hijacker should obtain his information using browser cookies, web beacons and/or other information collection technologies. Getting this information is allowed and legal, but in this particular case, it is misused for personalizing ads of unknown origin.
Where does Findthatsearch.com come from?
Researchers say that this hijacker comes from an unknown developer. Furthermore, it does not even have an EULA or Privacy Policy which is laziness on the part of the developers. Researchers say that this hijacker should be compatible with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer and could have browser extensions dedicated to injecting this hijacker into the said browsers when they are installed. Nevertheless, this hijacker can be disseminated without browser extensions. Researchers say that this hijacker might be distributed with the help of bundled software. Its secretive developers might have made deals with shady freeware websites to have this hijacker included in the bundled installers that inject it into your browser automatically. Also, it is possible that this hijacker has a browser extension bundled with freeware installers that is installed first and then the extension injects this hijacker
How do I remove Findthatsearch.com?
We hope you found this article useful. it proves that Findthatsearch.com is nothing more than an average browser hijacker set to replace your browser’s homepage address, new tab page and/or search provider. It features ad-supported search results that can compromise your computer’s security. Therefore, we recommend that you remove it from your browser as soon as the opportunity arises.
Removal Guide
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open the browser.
- Hold down Alt+T and click Internet Options.
- Erase https://findthatsearch.com/ Enter a new URL.
- Click OK.
Google Chrome
- Open the browser.
- Hold down Alt+F keys.
- Select Settings.
- Click Set pages.
- Erase https://findthatsearch.com/
- Enter a new URL
- Click OK.
Mozilla Firefox
- Open the browser.
- Hold down Alt+T.
- Click Options and select General.
- Erase Findthatsearch.com and enter a new address.
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