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Web Search is a Google Chrome extension that contains scripts that cause searches made from the address bar and from search engines to be redirected through another site and eventually will display search results from Yahoo.com.

  • Web Search Web Store Page
  • Extension List
  • Retrieving URLs from Remote Site
  • Web Search Web Store Page
  • Extension List
  • Retrieving URLs from Remote Site

When Web Search is installed and Chrome launched, it will connect to a remote site and try to download a GIF file. This file may not exist, but in the response's HTTP headers will be URLs listed that the extension will use to redirect a user's search requests through.

The Web Search extension may then cause searches performed on search engines that include Bing, Google, Ask, AOL, SearchLock, and more to be redirected to one of the URLs retrieved from the remote site. These urls will then ultimately redirect the search to Yahoo.com, which will display the results.

The developers are most likely utilizing Yahoo.com in order to generate revenue from advertisements shown in the search results.

How was the Web Search Extension installed in Chrome?

Web Search is currently being installed through sites like the one below that aggressively push the extension on the visitor.

Forced Install page

Since this extension does not allow you to search on your desired search engines and instead redirects searches to Yahoo.com, you may as well just use Yahoo.com directly. If you do not wish to use Search.yahoo.com as your search engine, you can remove Web Search for free using these instructions. If you are unsure how this extension was installed or are concerned unwanted programs may be installed on your computer, I suggest you use the removal guide below instead.

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