What is Search.searchws.com?
If your browsers’ settings have been changed and, as a consequence, you see Search.searchws.com set as your new homepage and default search tool on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome, it is an indication that a browser hijacker has infiltrated your system. Search.searchws.com does not differ much from Search.searchlttrn.com, Search.youremailnow.com, and other search tools developed by Polarity Technologies Ltd. (you can read about them on our website too), so specialists have found out quickly that it is another untrustworthy page pretending to be a legitimate search provider. Yes, it does look trustworthy, but analysis carried out by experienced specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com has clearly shown that it is far from a reputable search tool because it might show some untrustworthy search results that, in the worst-case scenario, might expose users to potential threats. If you have a different opinion about it, we are sure you will change it if you continue reading this article and read it till the end.
What does Search.searchws.com do?
The first reason Search.searchws.com cannot be considered a trustworthy search provider is the fact that it changes all browsers’ settings without the users’ knowledge. Most probably, it will become your new homepage and default search tool if the browser hijacker promoting it ever infiltrates your computer successfully. Unfortunately, it is only one of several reasons it is considered untrustworthy by researchers. According to our specialists, its biggest drawback is that some search results it displays to users when they enter a search query might be modified. Because of their presence, it will take more time to find information you are searching for. Additionally, these modified search results might redirect you to untrustworthy pages one day. It is not very easy to recognize those modified search results and avoid them because they appear among ordinary Yahoo! search results, so you will eventually click on them if you use Search.searchws.com as your default search tool. Of course, we do not say that all users who use it will end up on untrustworthy websites and be exposed to potential threats.
The presence of the modified search results is a big drawback, but it is, unfortunately, not the only one. What else you should know about Search.searchws.com is that it collects information about users. If you check its Privacy Policy, you will find out what it is capable of. Just like similar search tools, it records non-personally identifiable information, for example, the operating system type, geographic location, and IP address. Unfortunately, it does not mean that it cannot access any personal details. If you insert personal information into the search box, it will be recorded together with other search queries. Since the recorded data might be shared with third parties, you should not use personal details as search queries. Actually, it would be best to stop using Search.searchws.com to perform web searches completely.
Where does Search.searchws.com come from?
If your homepage and search tool have been replaced by Search.searchws.com out of the blue, it must be true that you have encountered a browser hijacker. They are usually distributed together with other programs. That is, they travel bundled and, consequently, manage to infiltrate users’ computers unnoticed. As for the Search.searchws.com browser hijacker, it should be spread with free software from such websites as filewon.com, filewin.com, and malavida.es. Of course, a list of websites might be longer. We will help you to delete Search.searchws.com, but we cannot guarantee that you will not encounter a new product of Polarity Technologies Ltd. in the future if you keep your system unprotected.
How to delete Search.searchws.com
You should eliminate Search.searchws.com from all your browsers as soon as possible if you have already found it set on them without your permission. You could delete the browser hijacker easily if you use Internet Explorer because it creates an entry in Control Panel when it affects this browser, meaning that it could be removed like an ordinary program. Unfortunately, we cannot say the same if you use Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Below-provided instructions will help you to undo the changes applied to these two browsers as well. Alternatively, if you do not want to erase it manually, you can use a powerful antimalware application to clean your system. It must be trustworthy to be able to erase malware from your computer.
Remove Search.searchws.com
Internet Explorer
Windows XP
- Click Start.
- Select Control Panel from the menu.
- Click Add or Remove Programs.
- Right-click on the browser hijacker entry and select Remove.
Windows 7/Vista/8/8.1/10
- Launch Run (tap Win+R).
- Enter Control Panel in the box.
- Click OK.
- Click Uninstall a program.
- Select the undesirable program you want to remove.
- Click Uninstall.
Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox.
- Press Alt+H.
- Select Troubleshooting information.
- Click Refresh Firefox.
- Click the Refresh Firefox button again.
Google Chrome
- Launch Google Chrome.
- Press Alt+F.
- Click Settings.
- Go to the bottom and click Advanced to see the rest of the menu.
- Click Reset.
- Confirm the reset.
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