filmsZone Home

The filmsZone Home program from h[tt]ps://www.playzonenow[.]com/ is promoted as a new tab replacement for Google Chrome that provides access to free movies trailers as stated on Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/filmszone-home/jnnabpphmepdnodjkdhmkfcbkccepiih. The filmsZone Home browser extension can be added to Chrome for free, and it changes the new tab page to 'filmsZoneHome|chrome-extension://jnnabpphmepdnodjkdhmkfcbkccepiih/index.html.' The filmsZone Home extension is an ad-supported program that requires access to your browsing history and the right to show notifications in the browser. The full list of permissions can be found below:

• Read and change all your data on the websites you visit.
• Replace the page you see when opening a new tab.
• Read and change your browsing history.
• Display notifications.

Installing the filmsZone Home program is likely to trigger the opening of a new tab with:

h[tt]p://movie.ienjoyapps[.]com/wim/lp/offer/lp/51/?t=movixhub&ref=unknown&extname=bestMovies%20Search&extid=bikdkgkdleabmelhniggjgjpldcgbhfc&yid=bsds&vertical=movie&hub=ienjoyapps.com&step=1&next=offer&tid=156&landingp=51&&ct=ye10ofr51156

The movie.ienjoyapps[.]com new tab invites users to add the bestMovies Search extension from Ienjoyapps.com, which changes your primary search provider to Movix.searchalgo.com and can load content from third parties on all pages you load. Ironically, installing the bestMovies Search extension from Ienjoyapps.com opens a new tab page promoting another extension called 'AmazingFilms Search' from Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/amazingfilms-search/oacgkhambnkkjbindjdifhfofepmelog and Amazeappz.com:

h[tt]p://movie.amazeappz[.]com/wim/lp/offer/lp/51/?t=movixhub&ref=unknown&&ost=offer&extname=AmazingFilms%20Search&extid=oacgkhambnkkjbindjdifhfofepmelog&yid=51ds&vertical=movie&hub=amazeappz.com&fgts=1&frns=rate_share&step=2&next=ty&tid=157&landingp=51&&ct=ye10ofr51157

The AmazingFilms Search app from Amazeappz.com appears to be in the same category as the filmsZone Home app, but it redirects users to Search.amazeappz.com when they search from the Omnibox in Chrome. You should note that Search.amazeappz.com and Movix.searchalgo.com are redirect-gateways to a customized Yahoo engine. All extensions mentioned, so far, are published by software developers associated with Searchalgo.com and Eanswers.com. We have been tracking more than three-dozen of proxy sites that redirect Web surfers to Eanswers.com and Searchalgo.com subdomains, as well as reroute users to the Yahoo Ads.

filmsZone Home is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that is connected to a broad network of redirect-gateways and advertisers on Yahoo. filmsZone Home is perceived as a clone of the MoviesNow Search by Playzonenow.com and the FilmsJunkie Search by Theappjunkies.com, which is designed to send Web traffic to Movix.searchalgo.com and advertisements on Yahoo. The filmsZone Home program may expose users to corrupted Web resources, and it may impede a comfortable Internet surfing. You might consider the filmsZone Home extension for removal along with its clones on:

• AmazingFilms Search by Amazeappz.com and Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/amazingfilms-search/oacgkhambnkkjbindjdifhfofepmelog
• bestMovies Search by Ienjoyapps.com and Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bestmovies-search/bikdkgkdleabmelhniggjgjpldcgbhfc
• FilmsApp Home by Superappbox.com and Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/filmsapp-home/biddghhpijogolaiffcahpopcenejcck
• iMovie Search Plus by Ienjoyapps.com and Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/imovie-search-plus/ilagfnkoddifmfhjafpbhnikbhbeokom
• videoJunkie Home by Theappjunkies.com and Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/videojunkie-home/febfdamfeakgnpoepgllpognnefmbkcj