Is Smart Searching Tab safe?

High risk

New tab hijacker with undisclosed user tracking via persistent GUIDs, telemetry transmission to remote servers, CWS tab closure during installation to prevent uninstalls, and aggressive Yahoo search window manipulation. No sensitive data exfiltration detected.

Searches Centralv1.5.2Chrome Web Store
75Risk

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Updated 18 May 2026iacoifmgngnkjphlhpencjhenbngoheg