WinkiSearch

WinkiSearch is a browser add-on that is unable to cause any harm or serious trouble. Still, it may end up disturbing your Web browsing experience by regularly redirecting you to an unknown website.

The site that WinkiSearch promotes is Winki-search.com, and it appears that the goal of the add-on is to enhance the traffic that this website receives. To achieve this, it sets Portal.winki-search.com as the Web browser's new tab page, and Feed.winki-search.com as the default search aggregator. Needless to say, these two changes are more than enough to ensure that you will visit the page very regularly.

WinkiSearch is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP), and you are unlikely to have any trouble with it if you are using a regularly updated PC security tool. If you do not have enhanced security measures in place, you may permit WinkiSearch's installation accidentally.

Thankfully, the changes it brings are not permanent, and reversing them is rather easy. All you need to do to get rid of the changes made by WinkiSearch is to remove this add-on. You can accomplish the latter task manually or with the assistance of a reputable security scanner.