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Safeplex Search

Posted: February 13, 2020

The Safeplex Search is a browser add-on dedicated to tampering with your Web browser's configuration to force you to use a website affiliated with Safeplex Search's publisher. The good news is that the site that Safeplex Search promotes is not a harmful one and, instead, it poses as a search engine that claims to deliver more accurate results than other search engines. In reality, all that Safeplex Search's website does is to refer users to the Yahoo Search. While this behavior is not harmful, you should know that the installation of Safeplex Search is guaranteed to set Safeplexsearch.com as your Web browser's default new tab and search aggregator.

If you plan on using Safeplex Search, you should be aware that Safeplexsearch.com may spawn ads, or prioritize sponsored search results occasionally. Another thing that worth noting is that the authors of Safeplex Search and Safeplexsearch.com are likely to be paid whenever you initialize a Web search through their website or add-on. Simply put, the whole purpose of Safeplex Search is to generate revenue for its author, and not enhance your Web searching experience.

Safeplex Search is categorized as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP), and its removal is the recommended course of action. You accomplish this by using the scanner of a reliable computer security tool or manually.

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