Do you know what FastFormFinder is?
FastFormFinder falls under the classification of potentially unwanted programs or PUPs in short. From its description it might sound like the tool could be advanced and useful, but our computer security specialists say it provides nothing more than a search engine and a toolbar full of links to web pages the user could find by surfing the Internet. Apparently, the links may lead to websites providing tax, citizenship, and various other forms. Thus, if you installed it thinking the extension can somehow generate needed forms for you, sadly, the truth is it can only point you to the sources that can actually provide them. It seems to us the main add-on’s task might be to replace the user’s homepage with the FastFormFinder’s search engine. The problem is, this search engine could show suspicious advertising material among its displayed ads and so endanger the system or the user’s privacy. Because of this, we advise deleting the extension before anything goes wrong. If you think it would be the wisest choice as well, you could use the removal guide available below.
There are a few ways one might receive FastFormFinder. Firstly, it has an official website called fastformfinder.com. Secondly, our computer security specialists report the PUP is offered on the chrome.google.com/webstore page where it can be located by its title or ID number (pholacpmcekgiaopjihmoahbnffjdpce). What’s more, we would not be surprised if the add-on was being spread through pop-up ads or untrustworthy file-sharing networks where the extension could be bundled with other questionable tools. Consequently, to avoid PUP in the future, we would recommend not only investing a couple of minutes in finding out whether the chosen software is secure, but also staying away from sources that could offer possibly dangerous software.
FastFormFinder screenshot
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What does the PUP do when it enters the system? Our computer security specialists say the application might replace the default browser’s homepage. Making it redirect you to search.searchfff.com whenever you launch the browser FastFormFinder was added to. Below the address bar, you may see a toolbar with various links and a second search box too, which should also redirect user’s search queries to search.searchfff.com. It may not look suspicious, but we believe this search engine could be using a modified version of googe.com or search.yahoo.com. This way it might alter the gathered results by placing additional advertising content among them. The user clicking such material might generate advertising revenue for FastFormFinder’s developers; however, you should be aware there is a chance some part of the ads could originate from unreliable web pages and so they might be possibly malicious. Knowing this, we do not think it would be wise to use such a questionable search engine, and if you feel so as well, we would advise you to erase the add-on that encourages you to do so.
It appears to be there are two ways to deal with the PUP: manually and with automatic features. Those who wish to get rid of the suspicious extension manually should have a look at the removal guide available below this report as it will explain what to do step by step. Users who prefer using antimalware tools should select a reputable security tool of their choice and set it to scan the computer. Later on, the results should show up, and the provided deletion button is supposed to allow you to eliminate all identified threats at the same time.
Erase FastFormFinder
Internet Explorer
- Go to your Start menu and select Control Panel (for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7) or press Windows Key+R, insert Control Panel and press OK (for Windows 8 and Windows 10).
- Chose between Uninstall a program and Add or Remove Programs.
- Select Fast Form Finder and choose Uninstall.
- Exit the Control Panel.
Google Chrome
- Press Windows Key+E.
- Find the following location %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions
- Locate a folder named pholacpmcekgiaopjihmoahbnffjdpce.
- Select it and press Shift+Delete.
- Leave the File Explorer.
Mozilla Firefox
- Tap Windows Key+E.
- Go to this particular directory %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\{PROFILE}\extensions
- Select a folder called web@Forms.xpi and click Shift+Delete.
- Exit the File Explorer.
In non-techie terms:
FastFormFinder is a browser extension compatible with Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Google Chrome. According to our computer security specialists, the application cannot be trusted as it is considered to be a PUP and it appears to be there is a possibility it could show unreliable advertising content, for example, ads asking to participate in fictitious surveys and lotteries or suggesting you install more unreliable programs or even malware. Under such circumstances, we do not think the add-on is worth taking any risks, especially when the user can bookmark the application’s provided links and reach them same fast without even having to keep it installed. If you think so too, we encourage you to eliminate the PUP by following the removal guide we added a bit above this article or by installing a reputable antimalware tool of your choice. Lastly, if you have questions about it, you could leave us a message at the end of this page.