Wizesearch.com
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| Ranking: | 11,464 |
| Threat Level: | 50 % (Medium) |
| Infected Computers: | 3,191 |
| First Seen: | August 3, 2016 |
| Last Seen: | August 22, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Wizesearch.com domain that is hosted on the 137.117.224.218 IP address is associated with the 'WizeSearch' browser add-on, which you may find promoted with freeware bundles on the Internet. The 'WizeSearch' browser add-on is configured to change the user’s Internet settings in Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox so that Wizesearch.com is loaded as the default search provider, the default start page, and the default new tab. You may be suggested that Wizesearch.com offers search enhancements, but a simple search query on Wizesearch.com loads search results by Yahoo via a URL that looks like this:
h[tt]ps://search.yahoo[.]com/yhs/search?hspart=Lkry&hsimp=yhs-SF01&publisherid=51554&st=dr&u_ip=[your IP address]&type=YHS_SF_21200&p=[search terms]¶m1=[random characterss]
Also, you will notice that there is the logo of 'Safe Finder' in the top-right corner. Safe Finder is categorized as riskware, which may generate links to phishing pages and questionable video materials. We found that Wizesearch.com functions as a simple redirect-gateway to sponsored search results and premium content from partners of Linkury Inc. that is a marketing company which owns Safe Finder. Web surfers may wish to know that the company behind Wizesearch.com collects a wide range of non-personally identifiable information including:
'....technical information automatically transmitted by the user's device (for example, type of browser, the type of the user's device and technical information pertaining to the user's device, language preferences, timestamps, clicks and visited pages, search logs, the operating system, utilized internet service provider and other similar information)' — as stated in section '3. What Information we collect?' found in the Privacy Policy on Wizesearch.com.
Also, the 'WizeSearch' application may require access to your accounts on Facebook and Google+. Linkury Inc. might use the access to your profiles on social media and collect information from your public posts for marketing purposes. The 'WizeSearch' browser add-on is known to upload log files to Linkury’s servers as well as download web beacons, session and persistent cookies to connected computers. The data gathered via Wizesearch.com is shared with '...retailers, ad networks, advertising companies, service providers, media and other interested parties' as described in the privacy policy for Wizesearch.com. Computer users who are not comfortable with how the 'WizeSearch' browser add-on works and the data collection practices of Linkury Inc. may want to remove related resources on their machine with the help of a reputable anti-spyware suite.
URLs
Wizesearch.com may call the following URLs:
| wizesearch.com |
