Amazing Movie Search Extension
The Amazing Movie Search Extension is one of the many browser extensions for Google Chrome that use the subdomains of Searchalgo.com to divert Web traffic to Yahoo and promotional materials. The Amazing Movie Search Extension is promoted to help Web users get more from their browser without saying what is improved explicitly. The page on Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/amazing-movie-search/dppbaepiahkbcnbocdgcfbngfnkanjhn says that the Amazing Movie Search Extension is published by Amazeappz.com and it reconfigures your new tab. In reality, the Amazing Movie Search Extension by Amazeappz.com functions and looks identically to the MyMovie Start app by Myappline.com and the FilmsJunkie Search browser extension by Theappjunkies.com, which we covered earlier. The only difference in their appearance is the logo and the chosen redirect-portal.
PC users who install the Amazing Movie Search Extension and use the Omnibox for searches are likely to notice that they are redirected to Movix.emazesearch.com and then to Yahoo. Movix.emazesearch.com is a clone of Movix.searchalgo.com and both send users to h[tt]ps://search.yahoo[.]com/yhs/search?hspart=iba&hsimp=yhs-1&type=rjs0_0_OTW_A1&p=[search terms]. The Amazing Movie Search Extension and earlier releases add a drop-down menu, which includes links to Gomovix.com that is used by StreamJunkie Search and nJoy Movies Search. The Amazing Movie Search Extension is considered a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) by Amazeappz.com that performs browser redirects via Movix.emazesearch.com. Computer security analysts note that the Amazing Movie Search Extension may prevent users from changing their primary search provider unless the extension is removed. The app can be uninstalled with the help of a reputable anti-spyware scanner that can clean related tracking cookies as well. We found that the Amazing Movie Search Extension is available under slightly different names on the Chrome Web Store:
- AmazingFilms Search by Amazeappz.com and Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/amazing-films-search/oacgkhambnkkjbindjdifhfofepmelog
- Amazing Movie Start by Amazeappz.com and Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/amazing-movie-start/ekigkgdabchpfbbpienojidlhjbdcffo
