Due to the abundance of fake search engines and browser hijackers sometimes even legitimate search providers may seem like suspicious computer infections. Sometimes search.info.com may be considered to be a potentially unwanted program, but that happens only when users accidentally add search.info.com to their browsers, and that does not happen often. After all, one needs to access search.info.com homepage to add the plug-ins, so unless you do it willingly it is hardly unlikely that the plug-in would be added to your browser in secret. Consequently, it is relatively easy to remove search.info.com from your browser as well.
Search.info.com is a metadata search engine that provides you with a list of search results from a number of popular search engines, including Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Yandex and others. What is more, search.info.com partners with other search providers so that it could provide you with custom shopping and product reviews. After all, the search engine does list “useful commercial data” as one of its selling points. Therefore, it is of no surprise that search.info.com also provides users with a list of search results on jobs, White and Yellow Pages, flights, hotels, tickets, maps, weather and directions.
What could be wrong with search.info.com, then? Well, the only thing that could cause any security issues applies to any other search engine – third parties. Search.info.com’s privacy policy states that:
Info.com does not control all HTML served in conjunction with its site which may include content from other parties who perform user activity tracking other than that described herein. In particular, some may use “cookies” in ways that we do not.
In other words, info.com is just a tool that allows you to access a wide array of search data, but whether the data is safe to use or not, it is entirely up to you to decide. The truth is that this kind of practice is employed by all the most popular search engines, and whenever you click a link to an unfamiliar website, you click it on your own risk.
Some users may be worried that they could be accidentally exposed to suspicious websites via search.info.com, but if that is your only concern, you can easily remove search.info.com via browser settings. Afterwards, to check for any unwanted applications, you can always scan your PC with SpyHunter free scanner and if you have any potential threats installed you will be notified immediately.
For full system protection do not hesitate to invest in a licensed antispyware tool. You can also leave us a comment below if you have any further questions on info.com or your computer security.
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