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Current Language Translation

By GoldSparrow in Potentially Unwanted Programs

The Current Language Translation browser extension is promoted as an excellent tool to translate text on the sites you can't read. The Current Language Translation extension is promoted to work like the Google translation toolbar, which was discontinued a few years back. The Current Language Translation is published as free-to-use software, which you may be suggested to install along with other free programs. However, the Current Language Translation app does not appear to have an official page on the Internet and is distributed via software bundling only. The Current Language Translation app does not offer ownership and developer information, which should raise some eyebrows and questions. Computer users that installed the Current Language Translation extension have reported problems with their browser. Apparently, the Current Language Translation is configured to make modifications to your browser settings that you may not like. When the Current Language Translation program is installed it will gain the following privileges:

  • Read and change all your data on the websites you visit.
  • Change your search settings to: search.gg
  • Read and change your browsing history.
  • Manage your apps, extension, and themes.

Moreover, the Current Language Translation extension may change your new tab and start page to search.gg. The Current Language Translation software is deemed as a rogue browser extension because it may hijack your search on Google Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo and perform several redirects via Search.gg that takes you to Myluckysearching.com/search/ and then send you to Search.yahoo.com. The creator of the Current Language Translation appears to take advantage of the browser redirects to several pages and claim advertising revenue on Yahoo. The Yahoo engine offers sponsored search results, and the company behind the engine welcomes partners to empower their apps with aggregated search from the engine. However, it doesn’t mean that we are saying that Yahoo encourages the development of rogue extensions and browser hijackers.

Independent software developers are known to abuse advertising platforms and customized searches to claim ad revenue. Web surfers that are infected with the Current Language Translation browser hijacker may find that their online searches are slow and being redirected via several gateways before they end up at Search.yahoo.com. You might notice the following notifications in the status bar of your browser:

  • Connecting to http://search.gg
  • Waiting for http://myluckysearching.com
  • Transferring to http://search.yahoo.com

The Current Language Translation extension may generate pop-up ads and disable third-party extensions. We have received reports that the Current Language Translation program might redirect users to promotional images and video commercials and when the user decides to move away from the page the following dialog box appears:

'Do you want to leave the site?

Changes you made may not be saved?
'

The sites associated with the Current Language Translation include (but they are not limited to) Search.gg, Search.hr, Searchy.online, Sugabit.net and Searchengage.com. The sites listed before are connected to cases of browser hijacking, misleading information and may invite users to load insecure content. PC users are advised to use a trustworthy anti-malware scanner to remove the Current Language Translation program safely.

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