What is Search.hwildforscrapbooking.com?
Polarity Technologies Ltd. is a company developing software and search tools. One of the newest products they have released is Search.hwildforscrapbooking.com. It does not differ much from such older products as Search.yourmapscenter.com, Search.youremailnow.com, and Search.yourclassifiedscenter.com, so specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com have managed to analyze it very quickly. Unfortunately, it has turned out that it is not a legitimate search provider. To be frank, this does not surprise our specialists at all because previously-released Polarity search tools cannot be called legitimate search engines either. According to our researchers, it should be called a browser hijacker instead because it can change browsers’ settings without permission. It has been noticed that it usually sets itself as a new homepage on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome, but it might change the default search tool as well. No matter it has been set as your new homepage only, or it has changed your default search engine too, you need to remove Search.hwildforscrapbooking.com from your browsers because this search tool might cause you problems. The next paragraph will tell you more about it, so read it carefully if you still cannot decide what to do with it.
What does Search.hwildforscrapbooking.com do?
It does not surprise us at all that users do not hurry to remove Search.hwildforscrapbooking.com from their browsers because it does look like a legitimate search provider. It not only contains a search box, but users can also access popular websites from its start page. Unfortunately, we still cannot let you keep it and use it to search the web because the chances are high that it will not return decent search results. Specialists say that some of the search results displayed to users might be modified. They will look innocent, but they will open third-party pages with no information you are looking for. It is more likely that you will find untrustworthy applications on these pages. You might download and install these programs on your computer incidentally. The presence of these modified search results is not the only thing that disturbs us. It has turned out that Search.hwildforscrapbooking.com will record personally-identifiable information too as part of search data: “BY USING THE SERVICES, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO GRANT POLARITY PERMISSION TO COLLECT YOUR URLS AND SEARCH DATA, INCLUDING SEARCH QUERIES THAT MAY CONTAIN PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION, SHARE THEM WITH THIRD PARTIES, AND USE SEARCH-RELATED COOKIES.” On top of that, it will not miss a chance to record certain technical details, for example, the type of browser, your operating system type, your geographic location, websites you visit, search queries you enter, and diagnostic information. It promises not to disclose the gathered data to third parties unless “the third party is our parent, subsidiary, or an affiliated company owned by our parent company.” Even though Search.hwildforscrapbooking.com is not a malicious website, you should not let it record details about you because nobody knows why it really needs them. You can only put an end to this activity by fully removing this search tool from your browsers.
Where does Search.hwildforscrapbooking.com come from?
Most probably, you know nothing about the appearance of Search.hwildforscrapbooking.com on your browsers because it acts as a typical browser hijacker. That is, it changes browsers’ settings without permission. It is already known that this infection travels bundled with third-party software like similar browser hijackers. According to our researchers, the chances are high that it comes together with software from descarcar.es, malavida.es, filewin.com, and similar pages. Although it is no longer a secret how browser hijackers usually arrive on users’ computers, it is not always very easy to prevent them from entering the system. Therefore, we still recommend that you install a security application on your computer. As long as you keep it enabled, malicious applications will not find a way to enter your system.
How to delete Search.hwildforscrapbooking.com
Browser hijackers are not very harmful infections, so it should not be very hard to remove Search.hwildforscrapbooking.com from browsers too. You just need to reset all those browsers with altered settings to default. If it does not work for any reason, i.e., you still see this Polarity search tool open for you when you launch your browser, we recommend scanning the system with a reputable malware remover. It will undo all the changes applied in no time. When the undesirable search provider is gone, you could start using another legitimate search tool of your choice at any time.
Search.hwildforscrapbooking.com removal guide
Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Tap Alt+T and click Internet Options.
- Open Advanced.
- Click Reset.
- Tick the Delete personal settings checkbox.
- Click Reset.
Mozilla Firefox
- Launch Mozilla Firefox.
- Open Help by tapping Alt+H simultaneously on your keyboard.
- Click Troubleshooting Information.
- At the top, click Refresh Firefox.
- Click the Refresh Firefox button again.
Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome.
- Press Alt+F and click Settings.
- At the bottom of the page, click Advanced.
- Click the Reset button at the bottom.
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