Search Anonymo
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EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards are assessment reports for different malware threats which have been collected and analyzed by our research team. EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards evaluate and rank threats using several metrics including real-world and potential risk factors, trends, frequency, prevalence, and persistence. EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards are updated regularly based on our research data and metrics and are useful for a wide range of computer users, from end users seeking solutions to remove malware from their systems to security experts analyzing threats.
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Ranking: The ranking of a particular threat in EnigmaSoft’s Threat Database.
Severity Level: The determined severity level of an object, represented numerically, based on our risk modeling process and research, as explained in our Threat Assessment Criteria.
Infected Computers: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
See also Threat Assessment Criteria.
| Ranking: | 7,180 |
| Threat Level: | 50 % (Medium) |
| Infected Computers: | 2,061 |
| First Seen: | March 30, 2017 |
| Last Seen: | September 12, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Search Anonymo browser extension is promoted as the perfect tool for users who wish to protect their privacy on search services like Google, Bing and Yahoo. Search Anonymo is available to Web surfers that run Internet Explore, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. When the Search Anonymo extension is attached to the browser, a new icon would appear in the top right corner placed on the toolbox. The icon is a blue orb with a domino mask at its center and when you click it a pop-up window appears that includes a turn on/off button and links to the main site searchanonymo.com. Web surfers that install the Search Anonymo should note that it may change their default search provider to Yahoo and record your interaction with the Search Anonymo service. Search Anonymo is an ad-supported program that seeks access to the following parameters to help marketers display relevant promotional materials via Yahoo:
- Any unique identifiers from any cookies used by Microsoft or Yahoo or others
- Gen. geo-marketing data (city, country-id)
- The IP address of the requesting terminal device
- The date and time of access
- The date and time of your search query
- The name and URL of the sites called up
- The name of your Internet access provider
- The operating system of your terminal device and the browser you are using
- The search and browser settings of your browser
- Your browser type
- Your browser's language-settings
- Your search keyword.
The data request performed by Search Anonymo is covered in the Privacy Policy agreement that you can find at Searchanonymo.com/privacy.html, and you may want to take a look at it. For an extension that is supposed to ensure your privacy, the Search Anonymo program may share many details with third-party networks and read unique identifiers on your PC. Cyber security researchers perceive the Search Anonymo extension as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that may block the ad networks that do not support Search Anonymo from tracking you. However, those ad networks that support Search Anonymo may have access to all the data they need to identify your machine on connected sites and deliver targeted promotional materials as if you are not using Search Anonymo. The Search Anonymo extension has a lot in common with riskware such as Search Dimension and Search Secretly. It is recommended that users consider the installation of Search Anonymo after they read the Terms of Use and Privacy Agreement at Searchanonymo.com. Users that are not satisfied with the activity of Searchanonymo.com may want the help of a reputable anti-spyware tool that can delete the tracking cookies and Web beacons downloaded by Search Anonymo.
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SpyHunter Detects & Remove Search Anonymo
Registry Details
URLs
Search Anonymo may call the following URLs:
| feed.anonymosearch.com/?q |
| searchanonymo.com |
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