Do you know what RecipeFox is?
RecipeFox is offered to Google Chrome users who want to learn cooking or find various recipes. However, the application offers not only cooking instructions but also a search tool that might replace your browser’s homepage, new tab page, and default search engine as soon as you install it. Since such behavior might seem annoying and unwanted, the extension was classified as a potentially unwanted program. If you want to know more details about this application, we encourage you to read our full report. At the end of it, you can find our removal guide that shows how to erase RecipeFox manually from your Google Chrome. Also, if you decide to get rid of this extension, keep in mind that you could do so with a reputable antimalware tool as well if you do not like dealing with potentially unwanted programs manually.
It looks like RecipeFox can be found on a website called recipefox.recipes. Also, our researchers say that it is available on the Chrome Web Store page. However, we suspect that users who find it on the mentioned platform may not want to download it from there. That is because the potentially unwanted program does not seem to have a rating or any reviews yet. Plus, the application’s description on Chrome Web Store page looks rather short and it does not provide links to Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, and similar important documents. Since the extension falls under the classification of potentially unwanted programs, we believe it could be spread like other similar applications, for example, through bundled software installers or pop-up advertisements. Thus, if you do not want to encounter such software in the future, we advise researching tools that you are interested in carefully and downloading them only from reputable sources.
RecipeFox screenshot
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Even though the extension might create a button on your browser that will provide you with access to various recipes if you click it, you should not forget that it is a potentially unwanted program. Meaning, it might appear to have unwanted qualities too. For instance, our researchers say that RecipeFox might ask permission to replace your browser preferences, such as your default search engine, homepage, and new tab page with one and the same website called recipefox.recipes/search.html. This search website might not even be able to provide you with search results since our researchers noticed that it may redirect to google.com if you enter a keyword into the search box. If you do not want to see the same website when you open your browser, create a new tab, or start a new search, you could erase RecipeFox.
Users who want to delete RecipeFox can do so in two ways. The first one is to access your browser’s extensions menu and to erase the potentially unwanted program from there. If you do not know how to access the Google Chrome’s extensions menu, you could use the removal guide available below. The other option is to install a reliable antimalware tool that could delete RecipeFox for you.
Erase RecipeFox
- Open Google Chrome.
- Insert chrome://extensions into the address bar and press Enter.
- Search for RecipeFox and click Remove.
- If needed, confirm that you wish to Remove it.
- Close your browser.
In non-techie terms:
RecipeFox appears to be a potentially unwanted program. Thus, it might have unwanted functionality. For example, the application could change your browser preferences. To be more precise, it may change your homepage, new tab page, and default search engine with a search tool called recipefox.recipes/search.html. Our researchers noticed that this website redirects to Google search, so it might be unable to gather or display search results on its own. If you do not want to keep such an extension on your browser, you could erase RecipeFox. One of the ways to get rid of it is to delete it from your browser’s extensions menu. If you do not know how to do this, you could follow the removal guide placed above this paragraph. On the other hand, if you do not want to delete it manually, you could get a reputable antimalware tool that could erase the potentially unwanted program for you.