Threat Database Browser Hijackers Search.bookmyflightco.co

Search.bookmyflightco.co

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 4,082
Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 1,321
First Seen: February 17, 2017
Last Seen: September 20, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Search.bookmyflight.co is a portal associated with the BookmyFlight extension by Eightpoint Technologies Ltd. You can find the BookmyFlight extension by Eightpoint Technologies Ltd. in the Chrome Webstore. As you may guess, the BookmyFlight extension is designed to provide an extended functionality when it comes to booking flights, tracking flights, booking a hotel and making a reservation. BookmyFlight by Eightpoint Technologies Ltd. supports a version for Google Chrome and requires extensive access to your online routine. If you want to benefit from BookmyFlight you will need to approve access to:

  • Read and change all your data on the websites you visit.
  • Manage your apps, extensions and themes.

The BookmyFlight extension is programmed to change the new tab page layout of Chrome users and redirect them to Search.bookmyflight.co where they are provided with a customized Yahoo! Search and links to popular services like Facebook, YouTube and Google Maps. Search.bookmyflight.co offers services to empower users to make smart decisions when they need to travel. The services provided at Search.bookmyflight.co are nothing more than links to portals such as Hotels.com, Airportparking.com, Flightstats.com/go/Home/home.do and Google.com/flights/ that you can bookmark and avoid installing BookmyFlight altogether. At the time of writing this, BookmyFlight by Eightpoint Technologies Ltd. is used by 1569 users who might want to read the terms of use carefully. The services made available via Search.bookmyflight.co and BookmyFlight are provided by Eightpoint Technologies Ltd. while the licensing is operated by Polarity Technologies Ltd. which is associated with ad-supported software such as Package Track and Classifieds Easy.

The BookmyFlight extension is an ad-supported software as well. BookmyFlight may retrieve information like your bookmarks collection, pages you like on Facebook, and installed extensions to help advertisers offers customized commercial materials at Search.bookmyflight.co. Experts classify BookmyFlight as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that you may wish to avoid installing. If you like what Search.bookmyflight.co offers you do not need to uninstall the BookmyFlight extension. You can load Config.bookmyflight.co that is a clone of Search.bookmyflight.co and owned by Eightpoint Technologies LTD as well. Some security scanners may flag the BookmyFlight extension as:

  • ADWARE/iBryte.Gen7
  • Adware ( 004f3b0f1 )
  • BrowserModifier:Win32/Altiress
  • NSIS.Application.InstallCore.HS
  • PUP.Optional.InstallFaster
  • PUP.YourSpeedTestCenter/Variant
  • W32.HfsAdware.886D
  • W32/Pasta.A!tr

URLs

Search.bookmyflightco.co may call the following URLs:

http://query.bookmyflight.co/s?uid=

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