{"id":1454,"date":"2014-08-18T09:02:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T09:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2018-05-29T12:02:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T12:02:47","slug":"remove-search-safefinder-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/remove-search-safefinder-com\/","title":{"rendered":"search.safefinder.com &#8211; Removal Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there! Sorry for not posting for the last days. I&#8217;ve been on a short holiday. Came\u00a0back home yesterday and found a search engine called <strong>search.safefinder.com<\/strong> that is being bundled with <a title=\"Smart Secure Software S.l \u2013 Bundling and VirusTotal Report\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/smart-secure-software-s-l\/\">some downloads<\/a>. Here&#8217;s how the\u00a0<strong>search.safefinder.com<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>appears in the web browser:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/search.safefinder.com-in-the-browser.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1460 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/search.safefinder.com-in-the-browser.png\" alt=\"search.safefinder.com in the web browser\" width=\"810\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/search.safefinder.com-in-the-browser.png 810w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/search.safefinder.com-in-the-browser-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you also have <strong>safefinder.com<\/strong> on your machine? It probably installed as a bundled offer. That&#8217;s where I found it. Here&#8217;s how\u00a0<strong>search.safefinder.com<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is disclosed in the installer:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/safefinder-installer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1455\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/safefinder-installer.png\" alt=\"safefinder installer\" width=\"486\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/safefinder-installer.png 486w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/safefinder-installer-300x137.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clicking the Terms of Service links in the installer brings up this web page:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/safefinder-terms.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1457\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/safefinder-terms.png\" alt=\"safefinder terms\" width=\"607\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/safefinder-terms.png 607w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/safefinder-terms-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the Terms of Service, safefinder is run by a company called <strong>MobileMonetizer LTD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Removing <strong>search.safefinder.com<\/strong> is pretty straightforward. Just select the\u00a0<strong>safefinder.com<\/strong>\u00a0items for removal in <a title=\"About FreeFixer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/about-freefixer\/\">FreeFixer<\/a> and the problem should be solved:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/safefinder.com-internet-explorer-settings.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1459\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/safefinder.com-internet-explorer-settings.png\" alt=\"safefinder.com internet explorer settings\" width=\"657\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/safefinder.com-internet-explorer-settings.png 657w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/safefinder.com-internet-explorer-settings-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Did you also get <strong>search.safefinder.com <\/strong>in your browser? Do you remember which download that bundled it? Please share by posting a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there! Sorry for not posting for the last days. I&#8217;ve been on a short holiday. Came\u00a0back home yesterday and found a search engine called search.safefinder.com that is being bundled with some downloads. Here&#8217;s how the\u00a0search.safefinder.com\u00a0appears in the web browser: Do you also have safefinder.com on your machine? It probably installed as a bundled offer. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/remove-search-safefinder-com\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">search.safefinder.com &#8211; Removal Instructions<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1454"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1463,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions\/1463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}