Search.searchmabb.com Removal Guide

Not all the search tools that have an appearance of an ordinary search provider can be trusted, especially if they are set on browsers without a user’s consent. Search.searchmabb.com is a good example of a search engine that is untrustworthy and might even cause a number of problems despite its legitimate-looking appearance. Search.searchmabb.com is a browser hijacker rather than a search engine that can improve the web searching experience. It has received this label because it tends to appear on users’ computers without permission. It works on all the most popular browsers, so users whose computers get infected with this browser hijacker see the presence of this dubious search engine Search.searchmabb.com no matter which browser they open. Trusting this search tool is not recommended despite the fact that it looks like a simple search engine. If you do not pay attention to advice passed on by researchers at 411-spyware.com, you might discover other malicious applications on your PC in the future. On top of that, the developer of Search.searchmabb.com and its partners will know about your activities on the web, your habits, and your interests.

Even though Search.searchmabb.com looks like any other search tool, it cannot be trusted despite the fact that it shows Yahoo! search results and allows people to access Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, Bing Maps, and check the local weather forecast with the click of a button. Its main drawback is associated with the commercial content it provides users with. As has become clear after our specialists have carried out research, advertisements (they can be found on the start page of the search tool) and promotional links (they are usually shown together with Yahoo! search results after submitting a search query) promoting third-party websites might take users to websites that are definitely not the most trustworthy ones. This, of course, will not happen if a user does not click on any of them. To be frank, ignoring the commercial content shown by this search tool is not an effective solution to the problem. While ads placed on the main page of Search.searchmabb.com can be easily noticed, promotional links that are usually shown together with trustworthy search results might be very hard to recognize. In other words, users still risk clicking on any of these ads or links if they make a decision to keep Search.searchmabb.com set on browsers.

The commercial content having a potential of taking users to untrustworthy websites is not the only problem of Search.searchmabb.com. Specialists at 411-spyware.com have also found a disturbing sentence in the Privacy Policy document of this search tool: “BY USING THE SERVICES, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO GRANT POLARITY PERMISSION TO COLLECT YOUR URLS AND SEARCH DATA, INCLUDING SEARCH QUERIES THAT MAY CONTAIN PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION, SHARE THEM WITH THIRD PARTIES, AND USE SEARCH-RELATED COOKIES”. As can be seen, this search tool is going to (even though indirectly) record personal details about you. Luckily, its main focus is on the so-called anonymous information that does not identify users personally. The way Search.searchmabb.com acts cannot be changed, but you can, of course, delete it fully from your system in order not to allow it to perform its activities on your computer.

Search.searchmabb.com is a new member in a wide family of browser hijackers popular these days. Since it is not the first product of its developer, it is not surprising that this infection is spread exactly like those threats developed some time ago. In other words, it is distributed through bundled malicious installers. People who usually get infected with the Search.searchmabb.com browser hijacker are those who tend to download free applications from the web. If you frequently pay a visit to a file-sharing website and download free software from there, you should install a security application on your PC in order not to find a new dubious website set on your browsers against your will ever again.

There are two ways to delete Search.searchmabb.com from Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox browsers. The first one is the manual method – you should go to set a new search tool in the place of Search.searchmabb.com or simply reset browsers to their default settings (instructions provided below this article will help you). Alternatively, an automatic malware remover, e.g. SpyHunter can be used to delete Search.searchmabb.com. Once this dubious search engine is gone, you could then set a search tool you prefer.

How to delete Search.searchmabb.com

Google Chrome

1. Open your browser.
2. Click the icon with three stacked lines in the top-right corner.
3. Select Settings in the drop-down menu and then click Show advanced settings at the bottom.
4. Click Reset browser settings (you will find it at the bottom).
5. In the pop-up confirmation window, click Reset.

Mozilla Firefox

1. After launching this browser, click the button in the upper-right corner.
2. Click the Help button (a question mark).
3. Choose Troubleshooting Information.
4. In the upper-right corner of the page, click Refresh Firefox.
5. To continue, click the Refresh Firefox button in the confirmation window.

Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Press Alt+T and choose Internet Options.
3. Click the Advanced tab.
4. Click the Reset button.
5. Mark Delete personal settings and click Reset again.
6. Close the window when you are finished.