Get rid of SafeSearch.net homepage from Google Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

SafeSearch.net is another browser hijacker program, which is able to modify your browser’s configuration and set itself as a default home page, search engine and install SafeSearch Toolbar without your permission. Usually it is widely spread through the internet with the help of freeware and shareware applications. Once installed, SafeSearch.net will change system registry settings to be able to initialize automatically on every pc boot. If you decided to use SafeSearch.net to search for something on the Internet, you should know that most of the times the search results provided by this hijacker will be fake and full of sponsored ads, banners and in-text links to unsafe websites.

SafeSearch.net adware is able to track your online activity, spy on what you search and what kind of websites you like to visit. SafeSearch.net may collect and transfer your personal information to a third party for commercial purposes. Private information may include not only the browsing history and search queries, but also, your confidential information such as logins and passwords, even credit cards details and home address, phone number, etc.

Your computer’s configuration may be easily changed by SafeSearch.net hijack. During the installation it can inject some malicious code into the system core and change some system registry configurations. It won’t be easy to remove SafeSearch.net from your computer. While it is remain in your system you will be forced to view numerous pop-up ads, fake update and security notifications about Java, Flash Player and Antivirus. Just do not click on them. Every time users click on those ads, the developers of SafeSearch.net are making money from various affiliate programs. They are redirecting the infected users to the sponsored websites and by that boosting their web ranking. There is no guarantee that those sponsored websites are legitimate and will not infect you with some virus, adware or spyware once you visit them.

If you found that your default homepage and search engine were changed without your authorization to SafeSearch.net, you should immediately stop using your computer until you get rid of this threat. It is very unsafe to use the infected computer, because all of the information you input may be collected and transferred to the third party. That’s how you can lose your email account, social network account or even bank account. Follow our detailed removal guide below to completely uninstall SafeSearch.net home page from your web browsers. Try out our automatic removal tool to be able to clean your computer from SafeSearch.net redirect virus and other malware programs.