Search Helper Search

The Search Helper Search software that you may find in free software bundles is recognized by cybersecurity experts as a browser hijacker. Some computer security researchers tag the Search Helper Search as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP), and that may confuse users. The Search Helper Search program may be categorized differently by various AV companies and independent computer security researchers since there is no unified system for recognizing cyber threats.

The Search Helper Search application may be presented to PC users as a productivity enhancement extension. The Search Helper Search is reported to feature versions for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. The Search Helper Search application may claim to expand the search functionality of your browser by editing the right-click context menu in your Web browser. The Search Helper Search behaves similarly to MarkingApp and the Quick Searcher Chrome Extension that we have in our databases. The Search Helper Search might add entries to your right-click menu and list search engines like Yahoo, Bing, Google and DuckDuckGo. You may be suggested to mark words on pages and choose one of four search engines to learn more about the marked words. Computer users may be invited to expand their searches on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia and Pinterest.

There are reports from users suggesting that the Search Helper Search might apply unwanted changes to Google Chrome and produce pop-up windows loaded with promotional materials. Also, there have been complaints reporting that the Search Helper Search forces the users to search via a customized version of Yahoo. The Search Helper Search application is free to use, and it is no a surprise that the program developers may try to monetize Web requests performed through their application. Computers who are not comfortable with how the Search Helper Search software works may want to remove it using a trusted cybersecurity instrument.