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Search.oursafesearch.com

Posted: September 19, 2016

The Search.oursafesearch.com domain was put to use by the SafeSearch Toolbar after security vendors decided to flag www.safesearch.net as unrecommended. Computer users that notice Search.oursafesearch.com loading in their browser may have installed the SafeSearch Toolbar with a freeware bundle. Riskware may be distributed to users by utilizing software bundling, which allows developers to monetize their apps with the help of adware and other riskware. If you do not find the SafeSearch Toolbar listed in your browser's Add-ons/Extensions Manger, then you may be hosting a browser hijacker.

Browser hijackers are applications that may run in portable mode and change the user's browser behavior to suit the needs of their developers. For example, the Search.oursafesearch.com portal appears to be a search service, but it is a redirect-gateway to Plusnetwork.com, which is blacklisted by most Web filters. The Search.oursafesearch.com portal is perceived as a low-quality search service that may redirect users to suspicious pages and show advertisements from untrusted ad networks. The browser hijacker associated with Search.oursafesearch.com may alter the behavior of browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Additionally, we have reports that users might be welcomed to install riskware like Optimizer Pro Speed Guard and Zeast PC Tuneup when they visit Search.oursafesearch.com. The programs mentioned before are not credible system optimizers, and users should not install apps from Search.oursafesearch.com and Plusnetwork.com.

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