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Danger level 5
Type: Browser Hijackers
Common infection symptoms:
  • Will change your homepage
  • Installs itself without permissions
  • Shows commercial adverts
  • Annoying Pop-up's

sweetsearch.com

Sweetsearch.com is a browser add-on published by Duclinea Media, Inc. The target users of this search engine are students as the search engine is said to help them access outstanding information. It is also stated that the websites that are provided by Sweetsearch.com are evaluated and approved by the research experts, librarians, and teachers; however, in addition to the approved contents, the search engine, also referred to as a browser hijacker, serves advertisement, which may make you reconsider the usefulness of the search provider.

Sweetsearch.com does not have its browser add-on, but it can be set as your default search provider. It can occur after you launch a bundled download which promotes sweetsearch.com, or directly on the startup page. In the upper right corner of the page, there is an “add-on” button. On clicking the button, a dialog box offering to change the settings of the browser pops up. In order to change the search provider, you have to tick the box given and click the Add button.

In any case, sweetsearch.com should be removed from your browsers, be it Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome. The startup page of the search provider displays external links, not to mention the fact that the some third-party links, or ads, can be served. They are said to be trusted and reputable but note that the publishers of the search engine do not claim responsibility for the consequence that follow the use of sweetsearch.com.

If sweetsearch.com has been set as your search provider accidentally, we recommend that you remove it from the PC. Below you will find our step-by-step removal guide which will help you restore the settings of the browser; however, there is something you should know. In order to prevent such inconvenience and protect your privacy, you should scan the PC with a reputable scanner. Our advice is to use SpyHunter as this spyware removal tool can professionally safeguard your privacy against various computer infections.

Sweetsearch.com removal

Internet Explorer

  1. Press Alt+T and click Manage add-ons.
  2. Click Search providers and select a new search engine.
  3. Remove Sweetsearch.

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Click the icon next to the search box.
  2. Click Manage Search Engine and change the search provider.

Google Chrome

  1. Press Alt+F.
  2. Click Settings.
  3. Under Search, click Manage search engines and change the search provider.
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