Pro-search.me

Before surfing the Internet with Pro-search.me you should ask yourself what you know about this search engine. Users who care about their system’s safety should not overlook the fact the application does not have the End User License Agreement and Privacy Policy documents. What’s more, the tool does not reveal its developers either, which might mean the company could be unreliable or related to potentially dangerous programs. Naturally, it seems to us users can easily find a more reliable application for browsing the Internet, so there is no need to take any chances with Pro-search.me or risk the computer’s safety. If you wish to find out more details about this suspicious search engine, we encourage you to keep reading our article, and if you decide to eliminate it, we offer the deletion instructions situated at the end of the text.

Pro-search.me is not the only unreliable search engine as there are lots of similar applications. Some of them fall under the classification of browser hijackers, but in this case, we do not have enough information about it to categorize it as a hijacker. The tool does not have any description, but its title might make it sound like it is an advanced tool. Of course, our specialists have tested it themselves to find out whether it can offer any advanced features but did not identify any. The search engine seems to be a rather basic one since it offers a single search box and no other additional features, search criteria, and so on.

Moreover, during the tests, we discovered that the software might be using a modified version of Google’s search engine to gather the results. However, before displaying any results or redirecting the user to google.com, it was noticed the application might redirect the user to thesmartsearch.net. This mentioned tool may act as a browser hijacker so such redirection might be potentially dangerous. That is because between these activities the Pro-search.me could place additional advertising content into the displayed results. Since there are no End User License Agreement statements, we cannot know for certain if such content could show up and if it would; it is impossible to say where the ads might come from or who would take responsibility for them.

Furthermore, as we stated earlier in the article, the software does not provide its Privacy Policy statements too, and consequently, we do not know if the application could gather any data while you surf the Internet with it. For instance, such data could be clicked ads, visited web pages, inserted search keywords, IP address, location, and so on. Some unreliable search engines similar to Pro-search.me or classified as browser hijackers share this information with their third-party partners to bring users targeting advertising and generate revenue from it. We do know if this particular software might act this way because it does not reveal any information about itself, but if you do not think you could tolerate such behavior, you should pick a tool that explains its working manner instead.

All things considered, it seems to us there is not enough information to understand whether it is safe for you to use the software. Also, the creators’ choice not to provide more data about their product seems rather suspicious and makes us consider it to be potentially dangerous. Accordingly, we would urge you to find a more trustworthy search engine for browsing the Internet, e.g. Google, Yahoo, Bing, and so on. As for Pro-search.me, we recommend erasing it from the system if you do not want to risk the computer’s or your privacy’s safety. To make this easier for you, our researchers have prepared deletion instructions showing how to reset the browser and get rid of the untrustworthy application at once.

Remove Pro-search.me by resetting the browser

Internet Explorer

1. Press Alt+X.
2. Pick Internet Options and click the Advanced tab.
3. Choose Reset and mark Delete personal settings.
4. Select Reset again and press Close.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Press the Help icon (top-left corner).
2. Navigate to Troubleshooting information.
3. Click the Refresh Firefox button once and press it (Refresh Firefox) again.
4. Select Finish.

Google Chrome

1. Press Alt+F and select Settings.
2. Slide down and click on Advanced.
3. Scroll down again to select Reset.
4. Press the Reset button to finish.