Searchsafer.com

Searchsafer.com is a search engine site that enjoys promotion by browser hijackers that redirect searches and conduct other browser changes to force you to use Searchsafer.com's services. Although analyses of Searchsafer.com by various PC security companies haven't, so far, found Searchsafer.com to be a threat to your computer, Searchsafer.com may, nonetheless, expose you to potentially risky websites or filter your search results in undesirable ways. However, browser hijackers that are connected to Searchsafer.com should be considered genuine risks to your computer's security that should be deleted in anti-malware scans, since they may include other functions besides browser redirects or block you from accessing necessary websites.

Typically, browser hijackers that promote sites like Searchsafer.com without overt malicious intentions use legitimate freeware and shareware programs as their infection vectors. Bundled installers may or may not include an option to disable Searchsafer.com-related search-enhancing features, although, in most cases, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have noted that alternative software not saddled with browser hijackers for Searchsafer.com should be available. Although Searchsafer.com-related software may be visible in the form of a browser add-on or other type of PUP that can be disabled individually, other browser settings changes that promote Searchsafer.com will remain intact.

SpywareRemove.com malware researchers rank the following symptoms as highly likely in any infection by a Searchsafer.com-associated browser hijacker or add-on:

• Homepages and new tab pages that are locked to Searchsafer.com (even if your settings designate a different web page).
• Redirects to Searchsafer.com when you attempt to use another search engine. This may also block your ability to visit certain search engine-based websites or alter your search results in negative ways.

Putting an End to Being Forced to Use Searchsafer.com's Searches

Like most browser hijackers, Searchsafer.com-affiliated PC threats can't be removed by deleting your browser or even the relevant extension. SpywareRemove.com malware analysts strongly recommend using anti-malware products to delete Searchsafer.com-affiliated browser hijackers and restore all browser-based settings changes that promote Searchsafer.com without your permission. Deletion of the original program that bundled Searchsafer.com-promoting browser hijackers with it may or may not be required.

So far, browser hijackers involved in Searchsafer.com promotion have only been noted to occur in Firefox web browsers. However, similar attacks from other search website-promoting browser hijackers have been note in all popular browsers.

Browser hijackers that promote Searchsafer.com are still recent PC threats, and your anti-malware software should be kept updated to guarantee that it can detect this malicious software with perfect accuracy.