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By GoldSparrow in Potentially Unwanted Programs

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 17,004
Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 65
First Seen: June 20, 2017
Last Seen: July 30, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Fooriza software that you may be suggested to install as an optional offer in a free software bundle is deemed as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). The Fooriza program is an ad-supported product that has an official site published at fooriza.com and a page on the Chrome Web Store—chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fooriza/nnamllomkmngnaklpijbbaokmonnkcne. The Fooriza browser extension is proposed to users as an alternative to the StumbleBar by StumbleUpon and Youlicit. Fooriza is advertised as a content discovery service, which can be incorporated in the Internet browser for ease of access. At the time of writing 11,193 Web surfers are registered to take advantage of the Fooriza software.

Many comments on the Fooriza's page at chrome.google.com say the extension is great. A closer look at the influential supporters revealed that they promote a collection of browser extensions, which includes Fooriza. You can't download Fooriza from its homepage, and there is no company name listed on fooriza.com, which is a bit strange. However, there is an address that points to 244 5th Avenue, Suite C12, New York, NY 100001 USA, which is the same address associated with the Search Anonymo and the Torpedo Deals riskware. There appears to be a connection to the Blasearch.com browser hijacker as well. The Fooriza software might alter your default search engine to search.fooriza.com and request to modify your data on all sites you visit. That means Fooriza may alter the content rendered by your browser and generate ads from advertisers that are not related to the page you are browsing.

The new search engine—search.fooriza.com enabled by Fooriza functions as a redirect-gateway to search.cubokit.com that is used by the Safe Finder riskware and appears to be a clone of isearch.safefinder.net. The company that created the Fooriza software may help users discover interesting content, but it designed the Fooriza extension to force users into using search.fooriza.com and search.cubokit.com as their primary search provider. That way Internet traffic at search.fooriza.com and search.cubokit.com allows them to claim ad revenue from sponsors. If you are not comfortable with the fact that Fooriza takes control of your default search options you might want to remove the app. It is a good idea to read the documentation on ooriza.com/privacy.html and fooriza.com/tos.html before you decide to keep using Fooriza.

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