GetTab New Tab

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 80 % (High)
Infected Computers: 1
First Seen: May 18, 2021
Last Seen: May 18, 2021
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The GetTab New Tab software from h[tt]p://gettab[.]website/ is promoted as an excellent new tab replacement for Google Chrome users. The GetTab New Tab appears to include a to-do list, a weather forecast feed, and it allows you to change the new tab background image and search the Internet via an integrated search engine. The GetTab New Tab extension can be downloaded from its official page and the entry on the Chrome Web Store:

h[tt]ps://chrome.google[.]com/webstore/detail/gettab-new-tab/bfajhjfalnakljgdnbmhnlhjcehhkcbl

You may want to reconsider installing the GetTab New Tab application because it performs browser redirects via h[tt]p://searchkska[.]xyz/search/yh/?sub=631148&q=[KEYWORD] to h[tt]ps://us.search[.]yahoo.com/search?fr=[KEYWORD]. Additionally, both IP addresses associated with h[tt]p://gettab[.]website/ and h[tt]p://searchkska[.]xyz appear to be used by more than a dozen browser hijackers and corrupted programs. AV engines are known to block content from the 198.54.116.164 and the 62.109.15.15 IP addresses, as well as display alerts with the following detection names:

  • HTML/Phishing
  • JS.Z.Agent.13731.O
  • JS/Phish-EmailFraud
  • Ransom.NHWK-9
  • Ransom_LOCKYENC.DLDVFX
  • Trojan.GenericKD.5097387

The GetTab New Tab extension from h[tt]p://gettab[.]website/ may offer useful functionality to some users, but you may want to avoid installing the application. PC security analysts recognize the GetTab New Tab as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP), and you should make sure to read the Terms of Use and Privacy Agreement on h[tt]p://gettab[.]website/terms.html and h[tt]p://gettab[.]website/privacy.html. Removing the GetTab New Tab extension can be done via the Extensions manager in Google Chrome, and you may want to use a reliable anti-spyware scanner to erase the tracking cookies it may have downloaded.

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