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Searchencrypt.com

Posted: August 11, 2017

Threat Metric

Ranking: 166
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 754,812
First Seen: August 11, 2017
Last Seen: October 17, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows


Searchencrypt.com is a low-quality search engine, which supposedly helps preserve the user's search queries private, therefore reducing the number of targeted advertisements they see while browsing the Web. While features like these can be useful, the same result can be achieved by simply using your Web browser's incognito mode to search the Web. In addition to this,
Searchencrypt.com also might also annoy users due to the browser hijacking software it is likely to be linked to. The Searchencrypt.com hijacker might set this page as either the default homepage or new tab page of the user's Web browser, therefore ensuring that they will visit it on a daily basis against their will.

Using Searchencrypt.com is certainly not an issue that you need to be worried about. This search engine seems to provide credible results, but it also contains some advertisements and sponsored results, so try not to get misled by these. However, if you believe that Searchencrypt.com was added to your Web browser's settings automatically, then we certainly suggest that you run a credible PC security tool immediately to identify and eliminate the intrusive browser hijacker responsible for the change.

Usually, removing the browser hijacker should revert the changes it made to the browser's configuration automatically. However, in case it doesn't, you might need to remove Searchencrypt.com from your new tab or homepage settings manually and replace it with your favorite start page.

Technical Details

Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:
"@search-encrypt\"https://www.searchencrypt.com/search?eq=R
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