Go.paradiskus.com
The Go.paradiskus.com domain is associated with a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) called Paradiskus Installation Manager that is presented to regular PC users and software developers via h[tt]p://www.paradiskus[.]com/about. The Paradiskus Installation Manager is stated to improve software management for Windows users and deliver improved software download and installation. There is no information on paradiskus[.]com explaining how the Paradiskus Installation Manager achieves what it claims to do. PC users may install the Paradiskus Installation Manager along with third-party products and notice that their browser loads Go.paradiskus.com by default.
We have received complaints about browser hijacking and unwanted redirects to Go.paradiskus.com and Search.paradiskus.com at the beginning of April 2018. It appears that the Paradiskus Installation Manager may be used to divert the Web traffic to a custom Yahoo search engine at h[tt]ps://search.yahoo[.]com/yhs/search?hspart=gemni&hsimp=yhs-hp&type=a1495373619430762&q=[search terms]. It is not the first time we see a program redirect users to the Yahoo advertisements for marketing purposes. The Paradiskus Installation Manager lacks a user interface, and there is no information on who created the software. WHOIS information is not available for paradiskus[.]com as its owners are protected by the WHOIS privacy service. It is standard practice for many riskware developers to hide their identity by using the WHOIS privacy services. Research into Go.paradiskus.com, Search.paradiskus.com and the Paradiskus Installation Manager suggests that there is a company that benefits from redirects to advertisements on Yahoo.
It is hard to say who is behind the Paradiskus Installation Manager software considering that Yahoo does not publish information on all of its partners. Fortunately, Yahoo is committed to protecting its users, and it is not likely that you will encounter problems on its platform. However, the same cannot be said for Go.paradiskus.com and Search.paradiskus.com. You may be shown links to phishing pages, and you may be suggested to download fake updates to Adobe Flash and Java. Go.paradiskus.com and Search.paradiskus.com do not support protected connections, and it is advised to refrain from providing personally identifiable information. The Paradiskus Installation Manager software is flagged as Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) by many AV companies, and some may categorize it as a browser hijacker or adware. You may wish to remove the Paradiskus Installation Manager and restore the default new tab and search settings in your browser.
