Safe4Search

Safe4Search is a browser utility, which offers users the ability to keep their search queries anonymous, therefore hiding them from the eyes of major search engines and the marketing companies they co-operate with. It's not a secret that online advertising agencies may use the search queries and browsing habits of users to display targeted advertisements. While some users might be interested in avoiding things of this sort, we'd like to assure them that Safe4Search is not the add-on they'd like to use for this. This software is categorized as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) by multiple big names in the cyber security field. While PUPs are not unsafe, their installation may often cause unexpected side effects or bring unwanted changes to the user's system and Web browser.

In the case of Safe4Search, users of this add-on may notice that their browser's homepage or default new tab page may be changed to a website that they have not heard of before. Some of the domains that Safe4Search promotes are:

http://www.searchprotector.net/, http://www.pro-search.me, http://obifind.com/, omni-search.net, www.g-search.pro, http://socopoco.com/, Safeforsearch.net

Keep in mind that the publisher of Safe4Search may also use other extension names and domain names to trick people into thinking that they are about to use a different type of service. If you are not happy with Safe4Search’s features, then the advice is to consider removing the extension either manually or with the use of a credible cyber security scanner.