Any Search Manager
The Any Search Manager software from h[tt]p://www.anysearchmanager[.]com is powered by SafeFinder — a technology associated with riskware and questionable search results suggestions. PC users can find the Any Search Manager software on the Chrome Web Store via h[tt]ps://chrome.google[.]com/webstore/detail/any-search-manager-ds/hcjnfgjcjnbmokpmhkefkmkcdhchhime. There is a slightly different name at the top of the product page that says Any Search Manager DS. You are on the right page if you intend to add the Any Search Manager to your Chrome browser. However, you may want to reconsider given that SafeFinder was found to be bundled with adware in the past and many security vendors associate Search.safefinder.com with browser hijacking.
The Any Search Manager DS a.k.a. Any Search Manager is an ad-supported program that is promoted to enhance the user's online experience by changing the primary search provider to Search.anysearchmanager.com. You should note that installing the Any Search Manager DS disables search result suggestions in the Omnibox. Instead, you are shown a link that says 'Search with Any Search Manager DS.' The main page at h[tt]p://www.anysearchmanager[.]com leads users to believe they can use multiple engines to search for data on the Web, but that is a hoax. Search.anysearchmanager.com is powered by a customized Yahoo engine managed by a company called Linkury (h[tt]p://linkury[.]com). The primary goal of Linkury is to monetize applications like Any Search Manager DS, Media Search App, and the 365Stream Search Extension. The Any Search Manager is not perceived as a reliable search enhancement tool, and the app is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). The Any Search Manager is known to communicate with cooperating sites, read and change your Internet history, as well as change your primary search aggregator to Search.anysearchmanager.com. The Any Search Manager DS might store persistent tracking Web beacons on your device, and you might want to use an anti-spyware instrument that can clean residual files.
