Threat Database Browser Hijackers Search.emailfaster.co

Search.emailfaster.co

By CagedTech in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 16,936
Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 632
First Seen: August 16, 2016
Last Seen: August 11, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Search.emailfaster.co domain may be set as the preferred search service to users that installed the Email Faster browser extension. The Email Faster browser extension can be seen on ads shown by adware or users may download it from Emailfaster.co/Email?. The Email Faster app is a re-branded version of Login Faster and Fast Email Checker, both of which are branded tab products by AdKnowledge Inc. The Email Faster app is part of the SaferBrowser franchise, and many Web surfers may not like it. The Email Faster extension is known to store tracking cookies from Advertiser.adknowledge.com and Click.adknowledge.com on your PC to help marketers deliver personalized ads on Search.emailfaster.co and affiliated pages. The Email Faster browser extension is promoted as the perfect tool to access your email inbox and to provide premium services to users that are willing to subscribe to services from partnering merchants. By installing Email Faster users agree to the EULA found on Legal.emailfaster.co/home/terms?source and that their new tab page and homepage will be set to Search.emailfaster.co.

You may want to know that the Email Faster app may invite you to complete marketing surveys whenever you visit Search.emailfaster.co and open a new tab page. The Search.emailfaster.co portal is not a licensed search engine; it is a redirect portal to a custom version of Yahoo! that is rigged to send data like your search terms, IP address and location to the servers of advertisers. Your new tab from Email Faster by SaferBrowser may feature links to Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo Mail, and AOL but these links may load transitional page advertisements and welcome users to install badware like ArcadeCake and myAppStash. The ads on Search.emailfaster.co may not be safe and users are advised against installing software from Search.emailfaster.co. The Email Faster app is compatible with Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Security scanners may detect Email Faster as W32.Adware.Adknowledge., therefore, you might need to use a credible anti-spyware tool to delete all traces of the Email Faster on your PC.

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Directories

Search.emailfaster.co may create the following directory or directories:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\gkgokodbjongpbkddkialofgiafjdlfa

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