What is Smooth Search Tab?
Do you believe that you can browse the web “smoothly” with the help of Smooth Search Tab? If you do, you have to think about what kind of service this extension actually offers. Does it offer a tool that will help you browse the web quicker or easier? That is not the case. It simply promises to provide you with the search results of a third-party search engine, and, of course, that is nothing useful. If you downloaded this potentially unwanted program (PUP) from the Chrome Web Store (chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/smooth-search-tab/mfpnmamdicmfhemmnpbkldadnibnkfig), it should not have been installed with anything else. However, if you used a bundled downloader, the PUP might have been installed with other undesirable extensions and apps. Bundles can even be used to distribute malware! Before you continue reading to learn how to delete Smooth Search Tab, scan your system to check if there is anything else that you might want to remove.
How does Smooth Search Tab work?
There are several reasons why Smooth Search Tab is classified as a PUP. First of all, we have to look at how useful a program or a service truly is. Despite the positive reviews and ratings placed next to the installer on the Chrome Web Store, it is not hard to figure out that this extension is not useful. For one, the description suggests that Bing is the search tool that it represents. As you know, it is not necessary to install extensions to enjoy Bing and other well-known search tools at all. All you have to do is adjust your default search provider. Second, when we researched Smooth Search Tab, it did not represent Bing at all. Instead, it chose Google. Once the extension is installed, smoothsearch.online is set as the New Tab page, and if you enter any search keyword into the search box represented via this page, it redirects to google.com/search. Our analysis showed that the results were not modified, which is good news, but if you want to use Google, we suggest deleting the PUP. After that, you can set Google, Bing, or any other trusted search tool to provide you with search services.
It is also important to look at how trustworthy Smooth Search Tab is. AdsBrain – the creator of the PUP – has made the Privacy Policy easily accessible. You can find it on smoothsearch.online and linked via the Chrome Web Store installer page. What does this document reveal? First of all, the creator works with undisclosed third parties. Second, it shares information about you with them. Even personal information can be shared. Although users are reassured that the associated parties are trusted business partners and service providers, there is little information about them, which makes their intentions unknown and their actions unpredictable. Some people are willing to put up with that when they think that a service they get is worth the potential risk, but as you know, Smooth Search Tab does not really offer anything useful. So, if you do not want your activity tracked, personal information leaked, and searches redirected, it might be time to delete the PUP.
How to delete Smooth Search Tab
The web search tool you implement can determine how safe and successful your searches are, which is why you need to be cautious about the tool you choose for yourself. Smooth Search Tab might sound like a good one, but if you have read this report, you know that it is neither very useful nor very trustworthy. Needless to say, this is not the kind of search tool that we can recommend using and trusting. If you agree, and if you want to remove Smooth Search Tab from your Google Chrome browser, we are happy to provide you with instructions that should help you get rid of this PUP manually. However, once you get rid of this extension, you also need to be able to secure your system and also eliminate any additional threats that might exist. If you cannot handle that on your own, this is as good a time as any to employ anti-malware software. Make sure it is legitimate and efficient, and you will not need to worry about PUPs and malware in the future.
Removal Instructions
- Launch Google Chrome and then tap keys ALT and F on the keyboard at the same time.
- In the Chrome menu that pops up at the top, click More tools.
- Open the Extensions menu and then Remove the potentially unwanted program.
- Tap ALT and F keys again, click More tools, and then open the Clear browsing data menu.
- In the Advanced section, choose a time range and boxes and then click Clear data.
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