eSpeedGames Start
The eSpeedGames Start software is published by espeedcheck.com on Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/espeedgames-start/fpogacjnhfdbdkdiccegfoinkddppenj. The eSpeedGames Start app is promoted to provide Web surfers with a quick game click-and-visit experience via Cantstopplaying.com. The eSpeedGames Start program is packed as a browser extension for Google Chrome, which you can install and use for free. The app may modify your new tab page settings in Chrome and offer links to games at Cantstopplaying.com. The new tab powered by eSpeedGames Start includes a search box powered by Searchalgo.com that is a search aggregator associated with browser hijacking cases in the past. Search operations performed via the eSpeedGames Start New Tab trigger a browser redirect via Games.searchalgo.com to Search.yahoo.com. The same redirect-gateway is used by mixGames Search, GamesMuze, iGames Search and gamesZone Search as well. Installing the eSpeedGames Start app means you chose to grant it the following privileges:
- Read and change all your data online.
- Replace the page you see when opening a new tab.
The eSpeedGames Start browser extension is recognized as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) by espeedcheck.com, which collects Web usage statistics to help the company behind Searchalgo.com collect ad revenue from tailor-suited Yahoo Ads. You may want to know that eSpeedGames Start functions the same way as many extensions published by Medianetnow.com, Mymedianet.now, Superappbox.com, Mixplugin.com, Ienjoyapps.com, Bettersearchtools.com, Theappjunkies.com, Bettersearchtools.com, Goamuze.com, Playmediacenter.com, Myappline.com, Searchalgo.com, Friendlyappz.com, Myappline.com, Getappsonline.com, Playmediacenter.com, Iezbrowsing.com, Friendlyappz.com, Espeedcheck.com, and Iezbrowsing.com on the Chrome Web Store. eSpeedGames Start has the same marketing pitch and very similar code as the following products, which are supposed to be the product of non-related companies:
- gamesPro Search by Mymedianetnow.com and Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gamespro-search/pgdbomlcailbhihagccohnopmpglcbji
- getGames Start by Getapponline.com and Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/getgames-start/koaejgofaegnifpbkeldkehnbnomldbd
- gamingZone Start by Medianetnow.com and Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gamingzone-start/nhhboodmfnbbdoibnnikbchlocibjhbh
- gamesJunkie Home by Theappjunkies.com and Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gamesjunkie-home/bfjillpbgjlgfhklcgbgkildcophgmlo
- playNet Start by medianetnow.com and Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/playnet-start/gnpphmgipfaoobhhkcfcbllckjjkddlg
- browserGames Now by Njoyapps.com and Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/browsergames-now/koadafnlijadikflcccnekcehikbdoe
- browserGamer Now by Njoyapps.com and Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/browsergamer-now/gllnfhbnopmjpifodjcgcbfcandfkjoj
In reality, there appears to be a connection between Eanswers.com and Searchalgo.com judging by the use of almost identical code and redirects to customized versions of Search.yahoo.com. Marketers associated with both domains may collect data like your Internet history, downloads log and list of installed third-party extensions to customize the commercials shown via Search.yahoo.com, Games.searchalgo.com, and Eanswers.com. PC users who may not be comfortable with sharing their Internet history with an extensive network of ad publishers may choose to uninstall the eSpeedGames Start extension and stay away from the apps mentioned above. You can find the Privacy Policy and EULA associated with espeedcheck.com at espeedcheck.com/privacy.php?cid=5049 and espeedcheck.com/eula.php?cid=5049.
