Addicted to Movies
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| Threat Level: | 50 % (Medium) |
| Infected Computers: | 50 |
| First Seen: | August 16, 2017 |
| Last Seen: | February 2, 2022 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Addicted to Movies app (a.k.a. Addicted 2 Movies) by Polarity Technologies Ltd. is presented to users as a browser extension that can satisfy the needs of movie enthusiasts. The Addicted to Movies browser extension is said to enhance the ability of any movie addict to find movies, clips and trailers online. The Addicted to Movies software has an official page at Addictedtomovies.co/Movies? and appears to support Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. You should note that the versions for IE and MF behave a bit differently than the one for Chrome. The IE and MF versions change the default new tab, start page and search provider to Search.addictedtomovies.co/?uid=23c08bb6-8bf0-4262-b473-2c899734c7d6. The Chrome version can be found at Addictedtomovies.co/Movies? and Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/addicted-to-movies/bbnkndmgjjcdepgijgajjgkemhjpdhde. It changes the default search engine in the Omnibox to Search.addictedtomovies.co/?uid=23c08bb6-8bf0-4262-b473-2c899734c7d6 only. PC users that install the Addicted to Movies app by Polarity Technologies Ltd. should keep in mind that the extension is an ad-supported product that requires the following privileges on Chrome:
- Read and change all your data on the websites you visit.
- Change your search settings to search.addictedtomovies.co.
- Manage your apps, extensions and themes.
The Addicted to Movies extension behaves very similarly to MyMovie Start by Myappline.com and Your Daily Trailer by Yourdailytrailer.yournewtab.com. The ads on the new tab may be powered by Addicted to Movies are based on the data gathered by the program as you surf the Internet and use Search.addictedtomovies.co for you search operations. Computer security analysts note that the Addicted to Movies extension may use information like your input on Search.addictedtomovies.co, your bookmarks collection and Internet history to help sponsors deliver targeted advertisements on the sites you visit most frequently. It is advised that you read the documentation posted on Legal.addictedtomovies.co/home/privacy?source=, Legal.addictedtomovies.co/home/terms?source= and Legal.addictedtomovies.co/home/terms?source= regarding how Polarity Technologies Ltd. handles the information it collects. You should take into consideration that Search.addictedtomovies.co redirects users to Search.yahoo.com when they enter keywords on Search.addictedtomovies.co/?uid=23c08bb6-8bf0-4262-b473-2c899734c7d6 and press enter. There is no option to make the Addicted to Movies app offer results via Google and Bing. The Addicted to Movies extension by Polarity Technologies Ltd. is deemed as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that you may want to remove along with related tracking cookies by using a reliable anti-spyware instrument. AV engines may flag the objects used by Addicted to Movies using the following detection names:
- Adware.Downware.18374
- Downloader.AdLoad.mnj
- PUA.Downware!
- PUF.WinWrapper!1.ACF3 (classic)
- PUP-FVT
- PUP/Win32.LoadMoney.R205922
- Trojan.IGENERIC
- W32.Adware.Gen
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SpyHunter Detects & Remove Addicted to Movies
Directories
Addicted to Movies may create the following directory or directories:
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\bbnkndmgjjcdepgijgajjgkemhjpdhde |
URLs
Addicted to Movies may call the following URLs:
| search.addictedtomovies.co |
