What is SearchPrivately?
SearchPrivately is a tool that should help you browse the web privately. If you use it, your browsing history should remain anonymous, shopping sites should offer better deals, and your virtual privacy should be protected against intrusive HTTP cookies. For some reason, Google and Bing search tools are excluded, and there is a separate promise indicating that searches via these engines would be secret. This makes no sense, considering that ALL browsing activities, regardless of the browser, should remain secret. The thing is that the information set up to introduce you to the extension is meant to attract you, and paying too much attention to it is not recommended. If you want to get a better overview of what a certain program or extension is capable of, we suggest looking beyond the official promotion. Anti-Spyware-101.com research team has analyzed the suspicious add-on, and we can give you an honest opinion. If you continue reading, you will be able to decide whether or not you should remove SearchPrivately from your Google Chrome browser. At the time of research, Google Chrome was the only browser that the add-on was compatible with.
How does SearchPrivately work?
The suspicious SearchPrivately does not have an official download page. While it is represented via Chrome web store (chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/search-privately-for-chro/ilankfglddpnffknmceijpnhidchfdji), that is not an official website representing the add-on alone. Unfortunately, quite a few unreliable and even malicious extensions have been found to be introduced to Google Chrome users via this source. The promises we discussed in the first part of this report are represented via this source as well. If you use Google Chrome, you should already realize that the services SearchPrivately offers are identical to the ones offered by Incognito Mode, which is a feature integrated in the browser itself. Incognito Start Button, Search Anonymo, and Search Secretly also offer “Incognito Modes” for Chrome users, and that does not make any sense. Why were these extensions created if they cannot offer original or useful services? That is because their attractive services might be hiding something darker. “Search Privately” is classified as a potentially unwanted program (PUP), and it being quite useless is not the only reason for that.
If you installed SearchPrivately via the Chrome web store, you should have been introduced to a message indicating that the extension can read and even modify the data on the sites you visit, as well as communicate with undisclosed applications and websites, which is pretty strange. One more thing mentioned by this message is that the extension can change search settings. If you install the add-on, you agree to change your default search provider to searchprivately.co. This search engine is also introduced to you via a button that is attached to the address bar on the browser. The results displayed via this engine could be modified, and so we do not advise using and trusting it. Another thing that you need to be aware of is that the extension can record information about its users. If you do not want any information about you or your activity recorded and potentially shared with undisclosed apps and websites, you should delete SearchPrivately without further delay. Before you do that, install a legitimate malware scanner to inspect your PC. That is very important in case you downloaded the extension from a third-party source using an unfamiliar installer because, in this case, other threats might have slithered in as well.
How to remove SearchPrivately
Out of all kinds of malware or unreliable software, unwanted extensions usually are the easiest to eliminate. If you want to delete SearchPrivately, all you have to do is find the add-on and remove it. Are you lost? Follow the instructions below if you need guidance. If more infections are found, the situation becomes more complicated because it is most likely that every threat requires a different approach. Some of these threats could even be heavily malicious. What should you do then? Well, you can follow the guides available on our website, but we suggest utilizing an anti-malware program instead. Do not rush to get rid of it once it cleans your operating system because as long as anti-malware software is installed – and, most important, updated – unreliable programs and malware will not be let into your operating system.
Removal Guide
- Launch Google Chrome and then tap keys Alt+F.
- Select More tools and then choose Extensions.
- Click the recycle bin next to Search Privately for Chrome and then select Remove.
- Install a genuine malware scanner to inspect your operating system for any overlooked leftovers.
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