What Is Privatesearches.org?
If your searches keep getting redirected to Privatesearches.org instead of Google, Bing or DuckDuckGo, and you haven’t set it as your search engine yourself, there is a browser hijacker installed on your computer. A browser hijacker is a type of malware which modifies web browsers settings such as the home page and search engine in order to display ads and redirect users to sponsored websites whenever they perform an online search or visit certain websites. It often appears after downloading free software from unreliable sources, clicking on suspicious links in emails or visiting unsafe websites.