Search.searchlypackage.com Removal Guide

Search.searchlypackage.com might look like a safe and reliable search engine, but our research has pointed to the contrary. We have found that it is a rather unreliable and dangerous search engine that can jeopardize your computer’s security, so you ought to remove it. We have classified it as a browser hijacker due to the way its owners disseminate it. In short, it is distributed via malicious software installers that install it on your computer secretly. Apart from that, it must be said that its search results can feature ads and links to questionable websites and it can gather information about you and use it for personalizing the advertising campaign.

We have concluded that Search.searchlypackage.com is compatible with Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. If it gets onto your browser, it will replace its homepage address and even the new tab page address and search provider, but that it subject to the software installer that distributes it, so results can vary. This browser hijacker can be used as a regular search engine, but redirects all entered search queries to a modified Yahoo search engine. Thus, you get Yahoo’s search results, but, unfortunately, this hijacker modifies and alters them to accommodate additional links that are promoted by this hijacker’s owners. This hijacker can promote all kinds of unreliable content ranging from phishing websites to fake online shopping and malware-hosting sites. This hijacker can jeopardize your computer’s security, so we do not recommend that you use it for searching the Internet.

Like most browser hijackers, Search.searchlypackage.com was designed to collect information about you and use it for customizing your search results to present you with more relevant advertising. This hijacker’s privacy policy states that it uses browser cookies and web beacons to collect anonymous information about you automatically. The policy states that Search.searchlypackage.com will automatically collect information such as your browsing history, entered search queries, IP address, Internet Service Provider (ISP) domain name, and approximate geographical location. This hijacker’s developers use this information for commercial purposes, so allowing them to collect it does not benefit you at all. Furthermore, they may share this information with third parties such as their advertising partners.

Now let us move on to Search.searchlypackage.com’s origins. The company responsible for creating it is unknown, but we have managed to find other hijackers that are very similar to it. Search.yourpackagesnow.com Search.yourmapscenter.com Search.youremailnow.com and Search.yourclassifieds seem to have come from the same source. Therefore, it is clear that all of them come from an established browser hijacker developer.

As mentioned earlier, Search.searchlypackage.com is disseminated through malicious software installers. Those installers were classified as malicious because they provide no information about their contents and do not allow you to uncheck Search.searchlypackage.com’s installation. As a result, such an installer will inject it into your browser automatically. We do not know where these bundled installers are distributed now but rest assured that they are featured on not so legitimate software distributing websites.

In conclusion, Search.searchlypackage.com is nothing more but a browser hijacker that was designed to make you use it for searching the web and see commercial ads that generate revenue for its developers. However, not all ads that it presents are safe to click, and some of them can put your computer at risk. Therefore, you should consider removing it and replacing it with a legitimate search engine.

Removal Instructions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

1. Open the browser.
2. Hold down Alt+T keys.
3. In the dropdown menu, select Internet Options.
4. Replace the homepage address.
5. Click OK.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open the browser.
2. Hold down Alt+T keys.
3. In the dropdown menu, click Options and select General.
4. Replace the homepage address.
5. Exit the Options menu.

Google Chrome

1. Open the browser.
2. Hold down Alt+F keys.
3. Select Settings.
4. Click Set pages and replace the homepage address.
5. Click OK.