What is Search.searchwatchytsn.com?
Search.searchwatchytsn.com cannot be considered a trustworthy search tool although its appearance suggests that it is an ordinary search provider. Instead of being a reliable tool for searching the web, this website developed by Polarity Technologies Ltd has been categorized as a browser hijacker. It seems that the majority of web pages developed by this company fall into this category too, so if you ever discover Search.yourpackagesnow.com, Search.yourinterestscenter.com, or another search tool developed by this company, you should go to remove it without consideration. They usually replace users’ preferred homepages. Untrustworthy search tools do not have uninstallers like ordinary applications, so it is, of course, not a piece of cake to remove them. Of course, it does not mean that it is impossible to make them gone. The information you need to know about the Search.searchwatchytsn.com removal is provided in the paragraphs that follow, so continue reading to find out more.
What does Search.searchwatchytsn.com do?
Search.searchwatchytsn.com has been categorized as a browser hijacker because it changes the settings of users’ browsers without their permission. Unlike other similar threats, it should not touch the default search tool and New Tab page URL, but it will surely change the homepage. Evidently, it wants to be noticeable. Do not use Search.searchwatchytsn.com to perform web searches even if you see it every time you launch your browser because it is not a reputable search provider, and it will not help you find the information on the web quicker. To be frank, it might only make it harder to find the relevant information because, as researchers at anti-spyware-101.com have found out, it might display the sponsored search results. These results are shown to users for advertising purposes, and they have nothing in common with the entered search query. This also means that users will not be taken to websites containing the information they need. Instead, they might be taken to untrustworthy pages promoting bad software because these sponsored search results might promote any kind of website. The presence of these untrustworthy search results is the main drawback of Search.searchwatchytsn.com, so you should stop using it.
Sponsored search results Search.searchwatchytsn.com might provide users with is not its only drawback. As its Privacy Policy document reveals, it records URLs and search data which might contain personally-identifiable information (!). It could access those personal details only if a user ever submits them into the search box. It does not sound like a dangerous activity, but this might result in online privacy issues one day because the gathered data will be shared with third parties. No information about these third parties is provided, so this information might be shared with malware developers or other bad people too. It should be noted that these sponsored search results shown by Search.searchwatchytsn.com might take users to pages collecting important information about them too. Frankly speaking, your privacy is in danger if you use Search.searchwatchytsn.com.
Where does Search.searchwatchytsn.com come from?
On the basis of the previous experience of our specialists, users do not set pages developed by Polarity Technologies Ltd willingly although they look like decent search tools. Instead, they are usually spread via bundled malicious installers. Of course, they do not come alone. Research has shown that users usually find Search.searchwatchytsn.com set after installing some kind of application they found promoted on a third-party page. Install software from trustworthy websites only and do not forget that there must be a security tool installed and enabled on the computer if it is used to surf the web every day.
How to remove Search.searchwatchytsn.com
Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox browsers will be affected by Search.searchwatchytsn.com, so if you have them all three installed on your computer, it means that you will have to put some effort into the removal of this browser hijacker. You must be looking for help if you are reading this article, so you should follow our manual removal guide located below this article. Scan your computer with an automatic tool too to make sure that there are no traces of this browser hijacker left.
Search.searchwatchytsn.com manual removal guide
Internet Explorer
- Press Win+R.
- Enter regedit.exe and click OK.
- Move to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.
- Right-click on the Start Page Value, select Modify, and clear the Value data field.
- Click OK.
- Open HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.
- Change Value data fields of Values listed below (right-click on the Value, select Modify, and enter a new URL in its Value data field):
- FaviconURL
- FaviconURLFallback
- TopResultURL
- URL
Mozilla Firefox
- Open the Windows Explorer (Win+E).
- Go to %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\* (*-random symbols).
- Locate the prefs.js file and open it with Notepad.
- Delete user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://Search.searchwatchytsn.com"); from this file.
- Save the changes.
Google Chrome
- Press Win+E.
- Go to %LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default.
- Find three files Secure Preferences, Preferences, and Web Data there.
- Delete them.
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