Adware

Chumsearch.com is unwanted search engine for Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers running on Mac. It is installed by browser hijacker along with freeware. This webpage is associated with famous Safe Finder malware and search queries, that user types on Chumsearch.com are redirected to search.safefinder.com and then to search.yahoo.com. This website overrides search and homepage settings in browsers, and hijacker module does not allow user to revert this settings.

Web Companion is legal security application from Lavasoft. It was developed to promote Lavasoft products and services by installing browser add-ons such as Ad-aware Security Search, Ad-aware Ad Block, Ad-aware Web Protection and Ad-ware Smart Shopper in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Although, Lavasoft is considered reputable vendor and applications may be useful there are some side effects and undesirable consequences for inexperienced users. This extensions modify browser search and homepage to either Bing.com, Yahoo.com or Yandex.ru, depending on your location. Those are not most wide-spread search engines and novice users complain of unexpected browser modifications. Ad-aware Smart Shopper can display ads, pop-ups and discount coupons on shopping sites.

PremierOpinion by VoiceFive Networks is potentially unwanted program, that can infect Windows and MacOS systems. It can be classified as spyware and adware. Some users report ads and pop-ups by PremierOpinion, some indicate survey pop-ups in the bottom-right corner of the desktop. Research of recent versions of PremierOpinion shows, that this application collects private information about users computers without any permission and transmits this data to its servers. This data includes web surfing habits, program usage statistics, computer configuration, e-mails, adresses. There are obviously many unpleasant ways to use this information.

SavingsCool (sometimes presented as CoolSavings) is potentially unwanted program, that can be classified as browser hijacker and adware. It was developed to display ads, pop-ups and banners on different websites. This can be realized via installing extensions in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. However, latest version of SavingsCool uses proxy hijack to drive traffic through servers controlled by the developers. SavingsCool modifies transmitted data to show advertising.

Any Search Manager or Any Search Manager by SafeFinder is advertising app for MacOS and extension for Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. It is designed to modify browser search and homepage settings. After infiltration Any Search Manager takes control over browsers and changes default search engine and start page to search.anysearchmanager.com, search.anysearch.net, search.anysearchmac.com or other website of similar kind. All this domains used for search engines and redirect search queries to Yahoo, Bing or some third-party website. SafeFinder originates in Israel, and is also wide-spread on Windows-operated computers.

Stags.bluekai.com is domain used by service, that belongs to Oracle and provides marketing campaigns for commercial websites. Usually, users see pop-ups or dropdown windows from Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox regarding the safety of this website. For example, Safari can't verify the identity of the website "stags.bluekai.com". The certificate for this website is invalid. According to our research this mostly happens on while visiting Ebay, Amazon, but can show up on literally any website.

Handy Tab is potentially unwanted browser extension for Google Chrome by Axel Division LP. After installation, it substitutes search engine, homepage and new tab settings in Chrome. Handy Tab provides some useful features for the users, such as weather widget, in-browser notes, to-do list, bookmarks and quick access links to some shopping and social networks list. But as undesirable consequence add-on modifies browser settings and search queries are redirected to search.handy-tab.com. This search engine is related to well-known low-reputation advertising network ccs.infospace.com.

Alpha Shoppers is browser ad-supported add-on, that installs in Google Chrome. After infiltration malware takes control over homepage and search engine settings in this browser. Adware redirects user queries to alphashoppers.co search powered by infospace.com. Search results by Alpha Shoppers may contain sponsored results and extra ads. Additionally, this unwanted application displays ads and coupons on shopping sites in form of drop-down windows, pop-ups, banners.