How to disable the protect function in the Yandex browser. What is Yandex Protect - how to turn it on, turn off or configure it

Faced with a warning and blocking of the desired web page, the visitor begins to look for an opportunity to disable unnecessary protection, often wasting time doing this. In fact, the Yandex shell has all the tools necessary for this, allowing you to do everything quickly and flexibly.

However, it is advisable to know that the tool Protect built into the Yandex browser not at all to annoy users. Yandex Protect is a really useful addition that helps you avoid many troubles, especially those related to financial losses.

Antiviruses, as a rule, ensure that malware that harms computers and their contents is not distributed on the network. But built-in browser protection fights unscrupulous sites that try to deceive users. After all, an antivirus program does not know how much one can trust a particular source, but a search engine that uses neural search technologies does.

Yandex Protect is triggered when a bad source of information is included in the list of pages with infected content. The owners of such a site often embed malicious scripts into its code that can steal user data: bank card numbers, logins and passwords, email and social network account data. After visiting such places, it is easy to lose, for example, money in your account or access to your accounts.

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How to disable Protect protection

In our article we will talk about a new service from Yandex - technology Yandex Protect. You will find out what it is and what it is needed for. We will also tell you how to enable or disable this function in your Yandex Browser.

Modern Internet is growing by leaps and bounds, and along with it the number of threats to which regular users World Wide Web. Attackers do not stand still; their hacking methods are very sophisticated and dangerous. Yandex has been fighting such threats for a long time. And recently, Yandex reached a new level and introduced an update for its browser - Yandex Protect.

Your browser is the main program for accessing the Internet. Now, in addition to speed and reliability, surfing safety is becoming a very important factor.

Yandex Protect what is it?

Yandex Protect - new technology active protection users from various Internet threats. This technology is built into the new version of Yandex.Browser and will protect against four main types of Internet threats:

• Anti-phishing – protection against password theft;
• Protecting Wi-Fi connections;
• Blocking the launch of virus pages;
• Virus scanning of downloaded files.

Among other things, the same functions have been preserved: anti-shock protection (blocking aggressive advertising) and warning about infected sites. Let's talk briefly about these threats and tell you how Protect counters them.

Anti-phishing

Protect forms a database of secure sites (about 300 resources - social networks, mail, cloud storage), as well as resources that you personally trust. Each of these sites has its own hash (a fingerprint of your password). If you are exposed to a clone site (phishing site) and you start entering your password, Protect will warn you about this.

Wi-Fi protection

It has long been no secret that it is quite easy to steal personal data through public wi-fi distributions. Not all sites support the https security protocol, which encrypts your data. Through sniffer programs (they replace the real Wi-Fi network with their own and monitor all actions), scammers can gain access to your data. Protect has a function " Secure WI-FI", which turns on automatically when connected to the network.

Blocking pages with viruses

When indexing website pages from all over the Internet, Yandex Bot automatically checks them for malicious code. If you come across these on your way, then when you try to enter an infected site, you will be warned about the problem.

Checking downloaded files

When downloading a file from the Internet, Yandex Protect will analyze the site and scan the file for malware-viruses. The analysis is performed in anti-virus software cloud services Yandex. If there are any, Yandex.Browser will prompt you to stop the download. If you do download it, the extension will be changed automatically until you decide on the file.

How to enable or disable Yandex Protect?

In order to enable the Protect protection function, you first need to download the browser itself.

Now just install the browser on your computer. Basically, that's it! Each feature is already enabled in your browser settings. So, the first time you log in via Wi-Fi, you will be warned.

When you enter your password on the first site, you will also receive a notification.

The same thing will happen when downloading a dangerous file. Services such as Antishock, Website Reputation, etc. you will find it in the browser settings, in the “Add-ons” tab. That's all.

Search Protect is a typical malicious and unwanted program that completely changes browser settings to suit itself, broadcasts its advertising and imposes unnecessary services. Moreover, it is quite difficult to get rid of it. This program can get onto your computer by installing another one, perhaps even downloaded from a trusted site.

Removing Search Protect

First of all, open system disk and go to Program folder Files. Try to find the XTab folder (MiniTab, MiuiTab) in it. It may contain a file called uninstall.exe. If you find it, then run it and complete the removal procedure. Sometimes this may be quite enough and more complex actions are not required. If at this step everything worked out for you and you successfully got rid of Search Protect, we recommend watching another video at the end of the article, it will contain a couple of useful tips on what else needs to be done after removing such a malicious program.

At automatic deletion Search Protect should understand that this method cannot always guarantee the absolutely complete destruction of a given program. So after this, it is recommended to perform manual removal steps as well. In general, this application has several variations. In this case, we will remove Conduit Search Protect, but these instructions are also suitable for other varieties.

It may sound a little strange, but from the beginning we need to launch Search Protect itself, using one of its icons. Next, open the settings and indicate your home page instead of the default one. Also, next to the “New Tab” parameter, set the value to “Browser Default”. In addition, you will need to uncheck the box next to the “Enhance my search experience” option, and indicate your search engine, with whom we are accustomed to working. After this, save all changes made.

After that, we begin to uninstall through the “Programs and Features” section in the Control Panel (by finding Search Protect in the list of installed applications). Also good decision will use a special uninstaller utility, for example, the free Revo Uninstaller is good.

During uninstallation, a dialog box may ask you which Internet settings you should leave. Here you need to select the option to reset to default browser settings. In addition, when looking through the list of installed applications, you may find various toolbars and extensions that you clearly did not install on your computer. They must be removed in the same way.

Next, we move on to using special utilities that are designed to remove unwanted and malicious programs. All proposed options are free and we recommend using them in the following order:

• Malwarebytes Antimalware;
• Hitmap Pro (works in free, test mode for 30 days, when starting you only need to indicate the use free license) – after using this utility, restart your computer;
• Avast Browser Cleanup - and this tool will help get rid of all suspicious extensions and all kinds of add-ons that may remain in browsers on your computer.

The latest utility can be downloaded from the official resource , You can see how to download the other two.

It would be a good idea to delete all your browser shortcuts and create new ones. To do this, after deleting the old ones, open the folder in which the browser is installed and drag the executable file to the desktop. If, for some reason, you do not want to delete old shortcuts, you can open their properties and in the “Shortcut” – “Object” section, set the initial values, removing all unnecessary things that are not related to its operation.

How to manually remove Search Protect?

Of course it works best sharing automated tools and manual removal. Therefore, we recommend that you first use the instructions from the previous paragraph, and then proceed to manually cleaning the system from the remainder of the unwanted Search programs Protect.

Yandex Browser is equipped with a protected mode that protects the user when he performs certain actions and operations. This helps not only to secure your computer, but also to avoid the loss of personal data. This mode is extremely useful, since the network is quite large number dangerous sites and scammers who seek to gain profit and monetary gain at the expense of users who are not well acquainted with all the intricacies of staying safe online.

Protected mode in Yandex Browser is called Protect. It will turn on when you open pages with web banking and payment systems. You can tell that the mode has turned on by the visual differences: the browser tabs and panel turn from light gray to dark gray, and address bar A green icon with a shield and a corresponding inscription appear. Below are two screenshots of pages opened in normal and protected mode:

Normal mode

Protected Mode

What happens when you enable Protected Mode

All browser add-ons are disabled. This is necessary to ensure that no unverified extension can track sensitive user data. This security measure is necessary because some of the add-ons may have malware built into them, and payment information may be stolen or spoofed. Those additions that Yandex personally checked remain enabled.

The second thing Protect mode does is strictly check HTTPS certificates. If the bank certificate is outdated or not trusted, then this mode will not start.

Is it possible to enable protected mode myself?

As mentioned earlier, Protect starts on its own, but the user can easily enable protected mode on any page that uses the https protocol (rather than http). After manually enabling the mode, the site is added to the list of protected sites. You can do it like this:

1. Go to the desired site with the https protocol, and click on the padlock icon in the address bar.

Restriction. Browser protection against malicious applications only works in Windows.

Protected objects

• Browser files
• Browser settings
• Extensions
• User data (bank card numbers, PIN codes, bookmarks, browsing history)
• Confidential information (passwords entered using the keyboard, screen content, etc.)
• Other browser resources that impact security
• Operating system settings that affect browser security

The plugin protects against the following threats

How does this protection work?

The security plugin is installed along with the browser, but it is a separate application. It takes up a small amount of virtual memory, protects all browser users" data, and works even when the browser is closed.

To avoid distracting you from work, the browser does not report blocked actions if there are too many security events or if it recently displayed the same message. A complete event list is stored in the log .

Settings for the trusted application list

Trusted applications are programs that the security plugin will not block. You can add an app to the list while you are blocking it (in the dialog box) or wait till later (in the event log).

Attention. Only add apps to the trusted list if you are sure of it is safe. Malicious codes can infect your computer or give hackers access to your personal information and electronic payments.

• In the dialog box
• In the event log

Click the link More details.

Click the Trust this application button. The application will be added to the Trusted applications list and records of blocking this program will be deleted from the log.

Open the event log.

Click the Add an application button and select the application you want. The app will be added to the Trusted applications list and records of blocking this program will be deleted from the log.

To delete an application from the trusted list:

Open the event log.

Go to the Trusted applications bookmark.

Hover over the application you want and click the Delete from list button.

Where to view the list of blocked actions

The security plugin blocks the actions of applications that threaten browser integrity. All blocked actions are added to the event log, which periodically gets sent to the Yandex server for the purpose of collecting statistics and running analysis.

More about security events

Viewing the event log Clearing the log

Note. When clearing the log, only entries about blocked actions are deleted from the event log. The applications themselves are neither removed nor added to the trusted list.

To delete an individual event from the log:

To completely clear the event log:

Open the event log.

Click Clear log.

Settings for the list of protected objects

You can select which application actions the security plugin will block:

More about security settings