Threat Database Browser Hijackers Search.searchrs.com

Search.searchrs.com

By CagedTech in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 3,462
Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 2,868
First Seen: October 6, 2016
Last Seen: September 20, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Search.searchrs.com portal is used by the Recipe Star application, which is developed by Adknowledge, Inc. Recipe Star is a browser extension that is offered on Recipe-star.com as a tool to explore free recipes online. Users may find the app under the name MyRecipesXP too. The Recipe Star extension may be compatible with browsers like Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. The official page for Recipe Star claims that customers are provided with links to simple, healthy and easy recipes. The Recipe Star app is said to provide instant access to popular, trusted recipe sites on the browser surface directly. PC users will need to allow Recipe Star to manage their apps, extensions, themes and change their data across the sites. Additionally, users are welcomed to use Search.searchrs.com as their homepage and default search provider.

However, the Recipe Star app will modify your new tab page layout to facilitate its functionality. The browsers on your PC will load Search.searchrs.com instead of a blank page and a speed dial. Search.searchrs.com has links to content on Recipessimplified.com, Foodnetwork.com, Yummly.com, Simplyrecipes.com, and Epicurious.com that may prove attractive to users who cook their food. Experts note that the development of Recipe Star is sponsored by advertisers and the app may collect non-personally identifiable information. The Recipe Star extension may use statistics like your IP address, Internet history, downloads log, and software configuration to facilitate behavioral marketing on Search.searchrs.com. Computer users that are not comfortable with Recipe Star using data from their PCs may want to reconsider installing the extension and using Search.searchrs.com. The Recipe Star program can be removed from your browser with relative ease by going to the Extensions Manager and using the 'Remove' button. The app may leave cookies in your Temp folder, and it may be a good idea to use a reliable anti-spyware tool to delete residual data safely.

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Search.searchrs.com may call the following URLs:

search.searchrs.com

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