Name: Windows Search Bar Category: Search Hijacker Alias: Windows searchbar Advice: Remove Risk: Elevated Risk Elevated threats are usually threats that fall into the range of adware in which data about a user's habits are tracked and sent back to a server for analysis without your consent or knowledge. Description: Windows Search Bar hiajcks Internet Explorer URLs including all search URLs. Windows Search Bar installes a toolbar and Browser helper Object in Internet Explorer. Type: Search Hijacker - Spyware's primary purpose is to collect demographic and usage information from your computer, usually for advertising purposes. Spyware usually that 'sneaks' onto a system or performs other activities hidden to the user. Spyware programs are usually bundled as a hidden component and downloaded from the Internet. These modules are almost always installed on the system secretively and try to run secretively as well.