Is QuickSearch - חיפוש בטוח safe?
QuickSearch - חיפוש בטוח silently overrides the default search engine and homepage to redirect searches to quicksearch.pro.
The extension uses manifest-level chrome_settings_overrides to set the homepage, startup pages, and default search provider to quicksearch.pro without surfacing this to the user. Every search query typed in the address bar is routed to www.quicksearch.pro/result.php, along with the visited URL context. The extension's name ('Safe Search') does not disclose these redirect behaviors.
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QuickSearch reroutes every browser search to quicksearch.pro
QuickSearch sets the browser's default search, homepage, and startup page to quicksearch.pro on install via manifest overrides, no consent prompt.
A test query reached www.quicksearch.pro/result.php in q=, re-querying Google ads.
You type a search term into the browser's address bar and press Enter.
You expect the query to go to your chosen default search engine.
The browser sends your query to www.quicksearch.pro/result.php instead, because the extension made quicksearch.pro the default search engine.
The override was set at install time through the extension manifest, so it applies to every address-bar search without any further interaction.
The manifest declares quicksearch.pro as the forced default search, homepage, and startup page
// On install, the browser applies these overrides with no code execution:
// - Default search engine -> https://www.quicksearch.pro/result.php?q={searchTerms}
// - Suggestions endpoint -> https://www.quicksearch.pro/result.php?q={searchTerms}
// - Homepage -> https://www.quicksearch.pro/
// - Browser startup page -> https://www.quicksearch.pro/
// is_default:true forces quicksearch.pro ahead of the user's existing default.
// Every address-bar query is routed to quicksearch.pro as the q= parameter.| Field | Value | Why it matters | |
|---|---|---|---|
Your search term | q=apartment+rental+tel+aviv | The exact text you type into the address bar is sent as the q= query parameter. | |
Your search activity | result.php?q=<each query you type> | Because every address-bar search is routed here, quicksearch.pro receives a running record of what you search for over time. |
- www.quicksearch.pro
Receives every address-bar search term as the q= parameter; set as default search engine, homepage, and startup page by the extension manifest.
- googleadservices.com
Google advertising; loaded by the quicksearch.pro results page, consistent with search-redirect monetization.
- www.google-analytics.com
Google analytics; loaded by the quicksearch.pro results page.
On install the extension closes its own Web Store tab and points the uninstall page at google.com
// On install:
// 1. closeWindow() finds and closes the Chrome Web Store detail tab for this
// extension, removing the listing the user could return to.
// 2. setUninstallURL('https://www.google.com') opens google.com when the
// extension is removed, rather than a vendor page tied to quicksearch.pro.