Web Privacy Search - How to remove

Web Privacy Search is correctly detected as a browser hijacker by many reputable anti-virus programs and online website scanners. This is because it modifies the home page and search engine of your browser without your permission and redirects you to third-party websites not related to the search queries submitted by you.

Web Privacy Search is identical to Private Browsing Search and Sport Reminder Search hijackers previously reviewed by us. Instead of the advertised beneficial functionality, they prevent you from obtaining the relevant information and instead furnish you with links that may cause essential damage for your computer.

Modifications by Web Privacy Search

Web Privacy Search by Safely is an extension for Google Chrome. Initially, it is advertised as a helpful tool to render more privacy while you browse the web. Some people might think that this is a very useful feature and keep the extension active. However, Web Privacy Search additionally introduces the following unauthorized amendments into Google Chrome:

• modifying the default home page to Web Privacy New Tab;
• changing the default search provider to https://mysaferesult.net;
• replacing the blank browser tab with Web Privacy New Tab.

As long as the Web Privacy Search by Safely extension is active, it will fully control all the above-said parameters. You will no longer obtain the search results from Google. Submitting specific search queries through the hijacked browser will redirect you via https://mysaferesult.net, whereas the search results will be delivered by Yahoo or Bing search provider. Note that these two companies are not related to Web Privacy Search. The hijacker simply steals the search information from them. Additionally, it adds some of its sponsored links, ads, banners, discounts and coupons on top of the page. This way its distributors generate the revenue for promoting specific third-party content.

We definitely need to urge you about the danger of redirections by Web Privacy Search by Safely. It may provide you with some decent information that will correspond with your initial search queries. However, there are many complaints by people all over the words regarding the hijacker causing redirections to dubious resources, for example:

• fake Adobe Flash Player, Java or other software updates;
• scary alerts reporting false positives and demanding installation of PUPs (potentially unwanted programs);
• landing pages of other third-party browser extensions;
• websites involved in collecting your personal and financial details.

Web Privacy Search may also track your browsing activities as long as its extension is active. It will keep records of the search queries you submit through your browser, your IP address, visited URLs. The hijacker may even gain access to the history of your browser in order to analyze your areas of interests. This is done to show more relevant ads to encourage you clicking on the promoted links. Nevertheless, the danger of Web Privacy Search is that the private information it gathers through your browser may be granted to third parties in an absolutely illegal way, without your permission. So, instead of the advertised function of protecting your privacy, the extension may expose your personal details to online criminals, resulting in identity theft and even in financial loss.

How to disable Web Privacy Search

The peculiarity of Web Privacy Search is that it does not allow you to change the browser settings manually. For example, when you investigate the home page parameter you may still notice Google as your default startup page. However, opening the browser reveals the Web Privacy Search page. The hijacker controls all other settings and does not let you change them manually.

Web Privacy Search can be removed by implementing the following steps:

• In Google Chrome menu, click on “More Tools”;
• go to “Extensions”;
• locate Web Privacy Search by Safely, disable and delete it.

Scanning your computer with the reputable anti-virus software is another very important step to accomplish. Your computer may contain hidden threats that cannot be discovered visually. They will continue causing the damaging effect and may result in a further negative outcome. We highly suggest scanning your computer with Spyhunter to unveil these concealed infections and will neutralize them in an effective way.

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How to remove Web Privacy Search using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Web Privacy Search install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Web Privacy Search . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Web Privacy Search easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove Web Privacy Search from macOS

Delete Web Privacy Search from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Web Privacy Search app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove Web Privacy Search from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Web Privacy Search, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove Web Privacy Search from Firefox:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Web Privacy Search related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Web Privacy Search, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Web Privacy Search from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Web Privacy Search, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Web Privacy Search from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Web Privacy Search and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Web Privacy Search, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.