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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.
| Threat Level: | 100 % (High) |
| Infected Computers: | 1,542 |
| First Seen: | July 27, 2017 |
| Last Seen: | November 19, 2022 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Search Web browser extension from Searchsafelp.com is presented to Web surfers as a tool that can prevent search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo from tracking your clicks on their sites. However, the Internet modus operandi is that sites can detect your IP address, what content you load via their services, and what links you follow. That type of information is classified as non-personally identifiable information, and it may be used as a basis by Internet advertisers interested in providing relevant commercials on the space they buy from site owners. Additionally, search engines like Google and its competitors can use your approximate geographical location and the list of recent search keywords to load results suited to your vicinity, interests and browser type.
The Search Web browser extension may travel under the name 'Secure Search by Searchsafelp.com' as well. The application might claim to "prevent search engines from tracking your searches related to personal information." You should note that entering your social security number, bank account number, and other ID in any search engine it will be recorded, processed and shared with many ad platforms. The Search Web browser extension, a.k.a. Secure Search is unable to control your information once you load it on the Internet. The homepage for the Secure Search extension offers misleading and inaccurate information regarding the service it can provide. Security experts discovered that the Search Web app has no official page at Chrome.google.com/webstore, Addons.mozilla.org, and Microsoft.com/en-us/iegallery. We have received complaints of browser redirects and pop-up windows that started appearing after the installation of the Search Web/Secure Search by Searchsafelp.com. PC users that have installed the Search Web extension may be rerouted to fake computer support services via the following link:
hxxp://traaaficki[.]website/w/alerts/test3/?city=[[YOUR COUNTRY]]&ip=[[IP ADDRESS]]&isp=[[ISP NAME]]&num=020-3514-0732
The Search Web/Secure Search by Searchsafelp.com software is classified as a browser hijacker that may show advertisements and obstruct users from removing it manually. The Search Web/Secure Search extension is not designed to protect your privacy online but to help ad networks recognize you on connected sites and load personalized commercials. Search Web/Secure Search by Searchsafelp.com acts as a double agent and removing it is your best option to limit the tracking of your online activities by third parties. Cyber security experts advise users to eliminate the Search Web by Searchsafelp.com browser hijacker with assistance from a reputable anti-spyware instrument.
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