How Ad-Aware Secure Search infected your PCĪd-Aware Secure Search is available in the Chrome Store and can be downloaded from there. Therefore, it is better to remove Ad-Aware Secure Search and switch to using pure Google, Bing or Yahoo search engines. Although, Ad-Aware is a vendor of security solutions, but such an alliance with advertising companies may only have a bad influence on overall computer security and users privacy. However, even after complete elimination users see remnants in browsers because settings remain unchanged. Users are unable to alter those settings until the removal of Ad-Aware Secure Search extension. Unfortunately, these websites provide bad results and filled with sponsored ads. It modifies new tab, homepage and search engine settings to, that redirects to. It’s weird, that they released several browser add-ons like Web Companion or Ad-Aware Secure Search with implemented search engines from Visicom Media, known to be the developer of hijackers, adware and other potentially unwanted types of programs.Īd-Aware Secure Search is a browser extension that can be installed in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. Note: Ad-Aware is reputable vendor of security software, with their famous antivirus and ad-blocking applications.

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