Deceiving domain - search.safesidetabsearch.com
search.safesidetabsearch.com is a website that users may see as their homepage as soon as they install a potentially unwanted program FunSafeTab by Imali Media. Nevertheless, since there are multiple browser hijackers that might be associated with this page, other PUPs might also be the reason for the search.safesidetabsearch.com hijack.
The site provides several allegedly useful features, including links to legitimate sites (Facebook, Gmail, Amazon, YouTube, etc.) as well as a bar that allows scanning a file from malware, upload a note, or a document. While the functionality of these tools might seem a useful feature, it is worth noticing that the potentially unwanted program installed on your machine which might gather all types of browsing information and display sponsored links at the top of the search results, i.e., they will not be organic and prompt users visiting sponsored websites.
search.safesidetabsearch.com might also gather personal information that is provided by users and share it with affiliates, as well a third-parties.
| Name | search.safesidetabsearch.com |
| Type | Browser hijacker |
| Assassinated browser extension | FunSafeTab |
| Infiltration | Might be installed via software bundle packages or official sources like Google Web Store |
| Aim | The main goal of FunSafeTab is to make users visit sponsored websites and benefit financial from users' clicks |
| Unwanted activity |
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| Detection | One AV vendor marks the site as suspicious on Virus Total |
search.safesidetabsearch.com violations
2CR-015: Search.safesidetabsearch.com is marked as suspicious by at least one security vendor
2CR-004: Search.safesidetabsearch.com changes the functionality of new tab, homepage, and applies a custom search engine that presents sponsored search results
