What is moviesNet Search?
moviesNet Search is a browser extension that works on Google Chrome. Even though it is not very popular yet, we are sure there are people who have already voluntarily installed it on their computers. We cannot blame them because this piece of software does look beneficial at first glance even though, in reality, it is nothing more than a potentially unwanted program. It even promises to provide users with “a better web search experience” by allowing users to “find the exact information” they are looking for. Generally speaking, it claims that it can improve the web searching experience to a great extent. To be frank, we cannot confirm that it is a beneficial piece of software. Actually, we suggest that you install another extension instead of moviesNet Search because analysis carried out by specialists at anti-spyware-101.com has confirmed that this browser extension is a potentially unwanted program. It is far from malicious software, but it still has several features showing that it is not exactly fully trustworthy software. Luckily, potentially unwanted applications are usually easy to remove. In the case of moviesNet Search, you will remove it through the add-ons manager. Continue reading this article to find more about its manual removal.
What does moviesNet Search do?
moviesNet Search is not exactly a useful piece of software. It promises to improve the web searching experience, but, as research has revealed, it only changes default search tools on users’ Google Chrome browsers when they install it. Specifically speaking, http://movie.eanswers.com/search/ is set as the default search tool. It further redirects users’ searches to Yahoo! and, as a consequence, they see Yahoo! search results. Yahoo! is a search engine that, normally, can be trusted, but, in this case, you might see some modified search results too because they might be modified along the way. These search results do not differ much from those ordinary ones, but you should be careful with them because they might take you to untrustworthy pages. Actually, it would be better not to click on any of them, but it is not so easy to do that because it is very hard to distinguish them from the rest of the search results. It is one of the biggest drawbacks of this browser extension, but there is one more thing we thought you should know. As its Privacy Policy document has revealed, this browser extension might record some information about users. These are mainly non-personally identifiable details, for example, web usage information. There are several reasons why it collects it, for example, improve services and deliver targeted content and advertisements that may be of interest to users. If you do not like how it acts, you can disable it quite easily today.
Where does moviesNet Search come from?
If you have found moviesNet Search next to other browser extensions on your Google Chrome browser, it means that you have installed it directly from http://www.medianetnow.com/ or the Chrome Web Store. Also, you might see it active because you have clicked the Download button located on the pop-up advertisement promoting it. It has been observed that another potentially unwanted program FilmsPro Search is presented to users as an additional offer during the installation of moviesNet Search, so, theoretically, you could have installed this piece of software as well. If you can locate it, you should remove it too because it is not an extension we could call fully trustworthy. If you do not want to install new untrustworthy applications on your computer ever again, you should enable security software on your system. It cannot be the first tool you come across because the chances are high that it could not protect you against the tiniest malicious application.
How to remove moviesNet Search
moviesNet Search can be erased quite easily – you just need to access the add-ons manager. Therefore, if you have found this program completely useless, or you simply do not know why it has affected the web browser you use, you should not keep it active. Consult the below-provided instructions if you decide to remove it manually, or, alternatively, acquire a reputable antimalware scanner and let it accomplish this task for you.
Remove moviesNet Search
Google Chrome
- Open Google Chrome.
- Press Alt+F.
- Click More tools.
- Click Extensions.
- Select the undesirable browser extension and click the trash button.
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