Threat Database Browser Hijackers Beautiful Photos New Tab – FreshTab

Beautiful Photos New Tab – FreshTab

The Beautiful Photos New Tab - FreshTab software is presented to Web Surfers via the Chrome Web Store as a beautiful new tab replacement. The Beautiful Photos New Tab - FreshTab app is packed as a browser extension compatible with all Chromium-based Internet clients. The Beautiful Photos New Tab - FreshTab extension can be obtained from h[tt]ps://chrome.google[.]com/webstore/detail/beautiful-photos-new-tab/bdcddnfbjelaabjbmfhipjkdmgplnfep and it is said to be a good companion to professional and amateur photographers. The Beautiful Photos New Tab - FreshTab extension requires the following privileges on Chrome:

  • Read and change all your data on searchprem.com
  • Replace the page you see when opening a new tab.
  • Detect your physical location.

You may want to know that the Beautiful Photos New Tab - FreshTab is loaded in the omnibox as 'chrome-extension://bdcddnfbjelaabjbmfhipjkdmgplnfep/html/tab.html' and that the extension tracks data exchanged with Searchprem.com. The Searchprem.com domain is owned and operated by Yahoo (Oath Holdings Inc.). Loading Searchprem.com allows Web surfers to access the new tab page developed by programmers at Yahoo hosted on h[tt]ps://search.yahoo[.]com/web?&. The same new tab can be accessed via the official Search, and New Tab by Yahoo published on h[tt]ps://chrome.google[.]com/webstore/detail/search-and-new-tab-by-yah/bfdmboigdaolchedpfaeapnohcbfmjcg?utm_source=inline-install-disabled. Apparently, the Beautiful Photos New Tab - FreshTab is deployed by third parties as an unofficial alternative to what Yahoo offers. What is a little disturbing is that the coders behind Beautiful Photos New Tab - FreshTab are using their app to track your activity on pages related to Yahoo and claim ad revenue. You may notice that https://search.yahoo.com/web?& and the Beautiful Photos New Tab are almost identical. However, the official page for the Beautiful Photos New Tab — https://www.freshtab.net/ is not affiliated with Yahoo (Oath Holdings Inc.), and the site's certificate is issued to app.leopoll.io. We suspect that the certificate for app.leopoll.io may have been stolen by third parties associated with freshtab.net. If you like the Beautiful Photos New Tab - FreshTab you may want to switch to the genuine Search and New Tab by Yahoo on Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/search-and-new-tab-by-yah/bjicifbhnpakmaekfnphojjehhnifkmc. Removing the Beautiful Photos New Tab - FreshTab may be a good idea, and you can use a trustworthy anti-malware tool to do that.

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