SaferSearchResults.com Removal Guide

Do you know what SaferSearchResults.com is?

SaferSearchResults.com is an official website of the browser extension Safer Search Results for Google Chrome that should block harmful search results shown by your search engine. This piece of software should protect computers and help users to prevent the entrance of malicious software; however, we would not be so sure that it is as beneficial as it claims to be. Our research team has thoroughly tested this tool recently and now they believe that this software promoted on SaferSearchResults.com might be quite dangerous. First of all, our experts do not like how this extension is distributed. They have found its two sources, i.e. the official website SaferSearchResults.com and the link in the Chrome Web Store (chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/safer-search-results/begnofcbcefcedmomgdlmgcpmjafablp?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog); however, according to them, it might be true that it is distributed in a different way as well because many people who find this suspicious extension added to the list of extensions on their Google Chrome browsers swear that they have not installed it willingly. Secondly, it has been found that this extension might be responsible for a bunch of modified search results too. In other words, it might provide users with search results that have a potential of exposing them to potential threats. Last but not least, there is a possibility that it will collect information about users, as research has revealed. As can be seen, the SaferSearchResults.com extension is not a reliable piece of software since it might act in an undesirable way. Therefore, it should be removed from your Google Chrome browser as soon as possible.

No matter where you get the Safe Search Results extension from, it might change your homepage and the New Tab page. Then, it might start performing various activities, for example, collecting the information about you. The Privacy Policy document has been checked to find out how this software treats the privacy of users. The following line showing that it might gather both personal data and non-personally identifiable information has been found there: “We may collect information that can personally identify you, such as your name and email address, as well as other information that does not personally identify you.” Since the collected data might be shared with third parties, this might result in the violation of the privacy. This is one of the main reasons the SaferSearchResults.com extension should be eliminated. Secondly, instead of blocking bad search results, it might itself provide search results promoting untrustworthy third-party websites or place advertisements on the search results page. Users are informed about that as well: “The Extension and Website may integrate third party content (“Third Party Content”).” Because of that, there is a huge possibility to end up on an untrustworthy web page and, as a consequence, experience security-related issues. We hope enough negative information has been provided for you to convince you to get rid of this browser add-on.SaferSearchResults.com Removal GuideSaferSearchResults.com screenshot
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It does not mean that the extension cannot be distributed in a different way if it can be downloaded from SaferSearchResults.com or the Chrome Web Store. Since there are so many people who do not know how the Safe Search Results extension has appeared on their PCs, our guys researching malware say that it might be very true that it is spread in software bundles too. This is the most common distribution method of undesirable software. Therefore, it would not be surprising at all that you have installed a software bundle too. Fortunately, this browser extension can be removed quite easily, so go to eliminate it now.

If it is the first time you are going to delete a browser extension, you might find it quite complicated to access the Add-ons Manager, but we are sure that the manual removal guide you find below this article will help you. If not, you can let an automatic scanner do this job for you. Of course, you will have to acquire it first. There are so many tools available on the market, but we recommend using SpyHunter because we know that it will not let you down.

Delete SaferSearchResults.com

Google Chrome

  1. Double-click on the shortcut of your browser to open it.
  2. Click the button in the top-right corner.
  3. Select More tools.
  4. Click Extensions.
  5. Locate the undesirable extension Safer Search Results and select it.
  6. Click the recycle bin icon.
  7. In the confirmation window, click Remove.

In non-techie terms:

Not all the browser extensions are good even though they claim to be so. In some cases, they might be more dangerous that the actual malware. Therefore, users should check users’ reviews on the web before installing any new application. This, of course, does not always help to prevent untrustworthy software from being installed on the system, so, according to our team of security specialists, a security application has to be enabled on all computers that are connected to the Internet.