Easy Privacy Switch
The Easy Privacy Switch program from www[.]easyprivacyswitch[.]com may be presented to Web users as a convenient privacy protection layer. The Easy Privacy Switch program is designed to change the way Google Chrome works, but users may be capable of adding it to other Chromium-based Internet clients (Yandex Browser, Torch Browser, SRWare Iron and FlashPeak Slimjet). The EULA and Privacy Policy for the Easy Privacy Switch can be found at www[.]easyprivacyswitch[.]com/Terms and www[.]easyprivacyswitch[.]com/Privacy.
You may want to know that the Easy Privacy Switch is an ad-supported program that is used to generate tailor-suited advertisements on the pages you visit. Also, the Easy Privacy Switch is a clone of the My Search Manager program from www[.]mysearchmanager[.]net. Both applications are known to cause browser redirects and push promotional messages to users. The Easy Privacy Switch software is observed to redirect users to the legitimate Google.com domain, and the application may change the sponsored search results you receive while searching online. The Easy Privacy Switch application is known to request the following privileges from Google Chrome users:
- Read and change all your data on the websites you visit.
- Communicate with cooperating sites.
- Change your search settings to search.easyprivacyswitch.com.
The Easy Privacy Switch has a page on the Chrome Web Store that can be accessed from Chrome.google[.]com/webstore/detail/easy-privacy-switch/ogapaldeldnoenhclhfeeidbbenhkghh. The Easy Privacy Switch extension may appear to change your default search to a "secure engine," but Search.easyprivacyswitch.com only reroutes the users to Google.com. Also, the Easy Privacy Switch is known to transmit information about your online activity, browser type and software configuration to various marketing companies. The Easy Privacy Switch is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) from Easyprivacyswitch[.]com that you may consider for removal. It is safe to uninstall Easy Privacy Switch and clean the residual files with the help of a credible anti-spyware tool.
