Privado.com

Privado.com is a search engine, which claims to serve the purpose of enhancing your online privacy by protecting your searches and reducing the number of targeted ads you will see while browsing the Web. This is certainly a good cause, but there are some shady things about the methods that Privado.com uses to attract more users. The search engine appears to be promoted with the help of Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) and browser hijackers whose purpose is to set Privado.com as your default new tab page or search aggregator. While these changes are not threatening, they may make it more difficult to search the Web.

To reduce the odds of encountering PUPs or browser hijackers, we advise you only to download files from trustworthy websites, and to avoid the software promote by ads. Furthermore, you should pay attention to the instructions provided by installers since some of them may ask to install 3rd-party apps like the ones that are meant to set Privado.com as your default new tab page.

If you think that Privado.com was added to your Web browser without your approval, then we suggest that you fix this problem by identifying and eliminating the source of the problem. This can besafestdone with the use of an updated and reliable PC security scanner.