Search.searchwag.com Removal Guide

Search.searchwag.com is a questionable search engine that you might find set on your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox browsers one day. Researchers working at 411-spyware.com have tested it and noticed that people whose browsers are occupied by Search.searchwag.com usually have the Watch Any Game extension installed. The extension itself looks quite useful. It promises to enable users to watch baseball, football, and other types of sports straight from browsers and the New Tab page. Unfortunately, users who download and install the extension on their computers do not know one main thing – it will change the settings of browsers. To be more specific, you will notice that Search.searchwag.com has been set in the place of your homepage, search engine, and New Tab page. We do not recommend keeping and using Search.searchwag.com as the main search tool because it is not a trustworthy search engine. We will explain you how you can get rid of it in this article, so read it carefully to find out what to do.

Many users cannot understand why we consider Search.searchwag.com an untrustworthy search engine when it seems to be so useful. Let us explain you why it is so. First of all, research carried out by specialists at 411-spyware.com has revealed that this search engine is going to display modified search results. It is not surprising at all that users will be provided with the untrustworthy search results because Search.searchwag.com will redirect all the search queries to extsearch.maxwebsearch.com before displaying Yahoo! search results. This will take a second, so you will not even notice that. The modified search results only look harmless because it is known that they might redirect users to untrustworthy third-party websites. Users might even find malicious software there, so it would be better not to use this questionable search engine even though it contains buttons that should lead to websites allowing users to watch sports matches online.

We suggest that you remove the Watch Any Game extension and thus get rid of Search.searchwag.com also because this search engine is going to record all kinds of details about you every day, for example, it has been noticed that it will record your “URLs and search data, including search queries that may contain personally identifiable information.” Unfortunately, it will not keep the recorded information to itself. It has been found that it might share the gathered information with third parties.

The Watch Any Game extension that promotes Search.searchwag.com is not very prevalent these days; however, it is known that it might sneak onto computers without permission as well, for example, users might see it installed on their systems after clicking on some kind of pop-up advertisement. These pop-ups are usually shown to users who have adware installed; however, they might see commercials on other undesirable third-party websites too. What is more, there is a slight possibility that the extension promoting Search.searchwag.com might also come bundled with other applications. Fortunately, there is a way to protect the system from undesirable software. First of all, our security specialists highly recommend that you install security software. Secondly, they say that users should not download software from file-sharing and torrent sites. Finally, you have to immediately close the website if it seems to be dangerous.

Fortunately, Search.searchwag.com will disappear from Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers if you remove extensions called Watch Any Game. If you have an Internet Explorer browser on your computer, you need to erase the undesirable software from Control Panel too in order not to see the undesirable search engine Search.searchwag.com set on browsers anymore. We understand that users might find it quite hard to get rid of the unwanted extension, especially if it is their first time. Therefore, we have put the manual removal instructions below the article. In case they do not help you either, scan your PC with SpyHunter. You can download its free scanner from our website.

Delete Search.searchwag.com

Windows XP

1. Click the Start button.
2. Select Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Select the program and click Remove.

Windows 7 and Vista

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Click Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a program and right-click on the unwanted program.
4. Click Uninstall.

Windows 8/8.1/10

1. Right-click on the lower-left corner of the screen and open Control Panel.
2. Click Uninstall a program.
3. Locate the unwanted program on the list.
4. Uninstall it.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open your browser.
2. Tap Ctrl+Shift+A simultaneously and open Extensions.
3. Find and select the unwanted extension.
4. Remove it.

Google Chrome

1. Open your browser and tap Alt+F.
2. Open More Tools.
3. Click Extensions.
4. Find the extension you wish to remove and click on the recycle bin button.
5. Click Remove.