AccelerateTab

The AccelerateTab can be found on the Chrome Web Store and www[.]websecuritykeeper[.]com, where it is promoted to visitors as a tool that protects users from "running into malware attacks and hacked sites." The key benefits of using AccelerateTab are pointed to be 'Real-time protection,' 'Google compatibility,' 'Instant results' and 'Privacy guaranteed.' However, the AccelerateTab is not recognized as a reliable security layer by leading computer security vendors. Your privacy is not a priority for www[.]websecuritykeeper[.]com Inc. as their Terms of Use Agreement on h[tt]p://www.websecuritykeeper[.]com/terms.html show that they use third-party services to push advertisements to the users. The AccelerateTab does not appear to support any protection mechanisms, and it is observed to redirect users to Google, product pages on various online stores and generate targeted promotional materials on your new tab. The AccelerateTab extension is categorized as a Potentially Unwanted program (PUP) that asks for the following rights on Chrome:

• Read and change all your data on the websites you visit.
• Replace the page you see when opening a new tab.
• Manage your apps, extensions and themes.
• Read and change your browsing history.
• Read and change your bookmarks.

PC users may be suggested to download the AccelerateTab from Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/acceleratetab/jgjafhkemfjfgdmjcmhofijphjmaanak for Chrome and use www[.]websecuritykeeper[.]com to add AccelerateTab to Mozilla Firefox. Installing the AccelerateTab allows www[.]websecuritykeeper[.]com Inc.to collect information on your online activity and sell it to marketers. We have found that the AccelerateTab might connect to the 98.129.229.202 IP address and suggest users download seemingly safe programs. You should know that AV companies have detected adware and riskware being distributed via the 98.129.229.202 IP address. The AccelerateTab is not too different from the native new tab in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. It does not bring improvements, and you may want to consider it for removal. The files related to the AccelerateTab are marked by AV engines as:

• HTML/Infected.WebPage.Gen6
• Html.Win32.Script.501441
• JS:Trojan.HideLink.A
• Probably W97Shell
• Program.Unwanted.1334
• RDN/Generic.ole
• Trojan.RPSU-4
• W32.HfsAdware.AEC6