What is Protect My Search Daily?
Protect My Search Daily is a free extension offered for Google Chrome users. Officially, the extension is represented at protectmysearchdaily.com, and its installer can be found on the Chrome Web Store (chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/protect-my-search-daily/dnkodihhbpdgmainngloaaaeloicinoo). The creator of this add-on is HyperConnect Media, a company that we know nothing about at this point. Is it possible that the extension could be spread via unreliable websites or by unreliable downloaders that bundle attractive programs along with PUPs or malware? Everything is possible, and if you remember installing the PUP along with other pieces of software, it is a good idea to employ a legitimate malware scanner to examine your system just in case. The extension itself should be classified as a PUP, for reasons we discuss in this report, but if other threats are discovered, do not ignore them. Remove them quickly. If you do not need to worry about other threats, we can discuss deleting Protect My Search Daily.
How does Protect My Search Daily work?
As the name of Protect My Search Daily suggests, this extension is promoted as a security tool. The description that is found on the Chrome Web Store suggests that this add-on can keep you away from harmful websites by indicating them as you browse the web. Furthermore, the custom web search tool offered by the extension should also aid you. If you click the ‘Add to Chrome’ button, a pop-up window shows up listing the permissions that the extension is granted. These include reading browsing history and changing search settings. There is no doubt that this PUP can track your activity online using various tools – such as cookies or web beacons – because that is revealed in its Privacy Policy. Of course, most users find policies, terms of use, license agreements, and similar documents completely boring, and they usually skip them or, at the very best, skim the data presented by them. If you skimmed the Privacy Policy of Protect My Search Daily, did you find information about how this PUP records and shares information about you with unidentified parties that are noted as “partners?” This might make you feel uneasy.
What about the protectmysearchdaily.com/search.php? search tool that Protect My Search Daily sets as the default search provider? If you have used it, you must know that it shows the results via Yahoo Search at search.yahoo.com. Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers always warn about search tools that redirect to other search tools because that is often done to promote sponsored links and advertisements. After all, Protect My Search Daily claims to offer a custom web search experience, and so it might modify Yahoo Search as well. Therefore, you should not look at it as Yahoo Search per se. Instead, you should look at it as a suspicious search tool that exploits Yahoo Search. Even if you choose to ignore that, you cannot ignore the fact that the extension is not that useful. Google Chrome is already blocking access to harmful sites, and so an extension that is meant to identify them is simply unnecessary.
How to delete Protect My Search Daily
If you come to a conclusion that you want to remove Protect My Search Daily, you should not focus on the unwanted extension alone. As you now know, data-tracking technologies are employed by this PUP as well, and you should eliminate them. If you follow the manual removal guide below, you will find steps that show how to clear browsing data. During this process, you can clear browsing history, cookies, cache, site settings, and other data that could be used by the PUP. It is a good practice to clear browsing data from time to time, and if you have not done that ever, perhaps it is time to start clean. Note that when you clear certain data, you could be logged out of all sites, and all autofill data could be removed as well. You also can delete Protect My Search Daily automatically. We believe that all systems should be protected by trusted anti-malware software, and if you want to take your virtual security to the next level, you will want to install it. Once activated, it can delete all existing threats automatically.
Removal Instructions (Google Chrome)
- Open the browser and immediately tap Alt+F keys on the keyboard.
- In the menu that shows up on the top-right, click More tools.
- Select Extensions to find the PUP and then click the Remove button.
- Tap Alt+F keys and click More tools again and but, this time, select Clear browsing data.
- Move to the Advanced menu and, first, choose the right time range.
- Choose the boxes of the data you want to clear and then click Clear data.
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