Searchwebprivate.co

Searchwebprivate.co is a domain that many Web surfers may associate with browser hijacking. The Searchwebprivate.co domain is presented as a generic search portal that some users may like for its simplicity in design. However, Searchwebprivate.co is not a real search service as it functions as a redirect-gateway that leads users to Myfirsttab.com and then to Gosearchresults.com. Also, Searchwebprivate.co appears to be used in conjunction with a browser extension for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. The program associated with Searchwebprivate.co may have entered your system the last time you installed a freeware bundle with the 'Standard' option. Free program packages may include browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox to monetize your Web searches and time spent online.

The extension responsible for the redirects to Searchwebprivate.co may be listed in your browser as 'Search Web Private.' The 'Search Web Private' software may be flagged by computer security instruments as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP), and some scanners may suggest users to remove the 'Search Web Private' application. The 'Search Web Private' app appears to change the Internet settings for the users and redirect searches at Searchwebprivate.co to Gosearchresults.com. The actual chain of redirect looks like this:

• You enter keywords on Searchwebprivate.co.
• The browser loads a custom string that looks like hxxps://myfirsttab[.]com/api/search/search-redirect?sid=2829&t=[search terms].
• Then the browser loads the final URL that looks like hxxps://gosearchresults[.]com/?pid=5aeaf6dd9091145d8d142721&tt=mediatabtv_2898&q=[search terms].

The 'Search Web Private' extension from Searchwebprivate.co may cause unwanted redirects and produce image/video results from Yahoo. Searchwebprivate.co is not recognized as a partner to Yahoo and you may be shown links to third-party content that are not displayed on a standard Yahoo search. The 'Search Web Private' extension might read your Internet history and the extensions you have installed to generate customized advertisements via Searchwebprivate.co and Gosearchresults.com. Also, we noticed that Searchwebprivate.co may redirect users to Alphashoppers.co/serp/searchb.html?q=[search terms] that is associated with a riskware called AlphaShoppers. You may want to check your browser for possibly unwanted applications like 'Search Web Private' and have them removed with a trustworthy security tool.