Do you know what Awesome Movies Search is?
If you are a movie fanatic, you must be on a constant lookout for new trailers, releases, and news. Awesome Movies Search promises to provide you with relevant information, and over 500,000 Google Chrome users have already downloaded the extension from the Chrome web store at chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/awesome-movies-search/ngigicgnnbfclgjgfgolihpjghfmaaic. Does this mean that the extension is loved by everyone? Well, it is hard to say what exactly attracts people to this add-on because, according to our research team, it is neither extremely beneficial nor extremely trustworthy. Those who install it should face advertisements, and this is not a good tradeoff for a service that is not even that great. This is why people choose to delete Awesome Movies Search from their browsers. If you want to remove this PUP (potentially unwanted program) as well, we can help you.
Awesome Movies Search was created by the same people who created Awesome Sports Search. Awesome Media represents itself via eula.awesomemedia.tools, but there is no official website that would promote the company’s tools. Instead, they have decided to rely on the Chrome Web Store, and that is likely to be a great thing for them. After all, this source is generally trusted by Chrome users. That being said, we cannot know how many people will face Awesome Movies Search in suspicious ways. For example, the installer could be introduced via pop-ups and redirects, and if that is the case, you need to think very carefully if the websites you are visiting can be trusted. Alternatively, bundled downloaders are also often used to spread less known or unreliable programs and add-ons. If you too downloaded the PUP along with other unfamiliar apps, make sure you do not need to remove them.
According to the Privacy Policy at privacy.awesomemedia.tools, Awesome Movies Search and other tools from the same company can help third-party partners place tracking tools (e.g., cookies) and also introduce their own offers and ads. This is why the PUP needs the permission to show notifications. Are you okay with being shown strange ads from unfamiliar parties? Most likely, you are not, but when a free service is great, people often accept the tradeoff. Well, the service offered by Awesome Movies Search is not that great. First of all, when you install this PUP, it changes the default search provider to movies.awesomesearch.net and all it can do is redirect to Yahoo Search. If you activate a movie-search tool by entering “M” into the address bar and then hitting the “Tab” key, you are redirected to a website that offers movie-related news. This source, however, does not match up to other well-known and respected movie-related news sources. Therefore, the PUP is kind of useless.
Awesome Movies Search screenshot
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Whether it is the service of Awesome Movies Search that bothers you or the advertisements that follow, you might decide to delete this potentially unwanted program. If that is the case, we suggest scanning your system first. Even if you used the Chrome web store installer instead of a bundled downloader or an installer found on a random website, you want to make sure that the PUP is the only suspicious piece that you need to worry about. Another thing to think about is your system’s and browser’s security. If you are not sure that you can handle it yourself, you might want to install a legitimate anti-malware program that, besides securing your system, can also automatically remove Awesome Movies Search and any other threat that exists.
Delete Awesome Movies Search from Google Chrome
- Enter chrome://extensions/ into the Chrome address bar.
- Identify the undesirable extension and click the Remove button.
- Enter chrome://settings/clearBrowserData into the address bar.
- Move to the Advanced tab and choose a time range and boxes.
- Click Clear data and then restart the browser.
In non-techie terms:
Awesome Movies Search promises to help you access movie-related content, but it is not the extension that will offer better news, more recent release dates, or new trailers better than popular and trusted websites. This is not the main reason people choose to delete this potentially unwanted program. It is most important that it allows third parties – who are left undisclosed – to gather information using their own trackers as well as place advertisements and “personalized content.” If the idea of having information about you gathered and ads flooding your browser does not sound great, remove Awesome Movies Search. Follow the instructions above for manual removal, o install a legitimate anti-malware tool if you want to have the PUP erased automatically.