365Stream Search Extension

The 365Stream Search Extension from h[tt]p://install.365-stream[.]com may be offered to Web surfers as a tool that enhances your search capabilities. The 365Stream Search Extension can be found in free software bundles and on its official site. The 365Stream Search Extension is published as a free-to-use program that can be integrated into Google Chrome. The 365Stream Search Extension is designed to perform a simple change in the browser settings to deliver its "optimizations," and that is — change your default search provider to h[tt]p://feed.365-stream[.]com. Installing the 365Stream Search Extension does not improve the layout of your new tab page or make engines such as Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo load hidden advanced settings. All the 365Stream Search Extension does is make sure your input in the Omnibox is provided with search suggestions by h[tt]p://feed.365-stream[.]com. Additionally, h[tt]p://feed.365-stream[.]com functions as a redirect-gateway to Yahoo.

You may want to know that the 365Stream Search Extension is hosted on the same IP address as several other search enhancement tools such as Stream-It, Splintersearch.com, Safe Finder and Sonic Search that we have talked about in the past. Cybersecurity experts add that the servers contacted by the 365Stream Search Extension are the same as those utilized by the Snap.do search portal. The 365Stream Search Extension was reported to hijack the default search in Google Chrome in the third week of November 2017. The 365Stream Search Extension does not provide users with a protected search via h[tt]p://feed.365-stream[.]com, and it communicates with the same servers that we have found to exchange data with the Linkury adware. Cybersecurity experts classify the 365Stream Search Extension as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) with browser hijacking capabilities.