HolidayPhotoEdit Toolbar
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| Ranking: | 6,048 |
| Threat Level: | 10 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 18,799 |
| First Seen: | November 3, 2017 |
| Last Seen: | September 18, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The HolidayPhotoEdit Toolbar is a program that you can find in free software packages. The HolidayPhotoEdit Toolbar is developed and published by a company called Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. The HolidayPhotoEdit Toolbar is designed to work as a new tab replacement that brings you multimedia tools, which allow you to edit images. The HolidayPhotoEdit software is available for Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. However, you should note that various cybersecurity vendors classify the HolidayPhotoEdit Toolbar as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP)/Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA). The HolidayPhotoEdit application is created with the support of advertisers so that Web surfers are not required to pay for using it.
The drawback is that the HolidayPhotoEdit Toolbar may record your Internet history, installed extensions, recent downloads and sends data to the servers of advertisers. Also, the HolidayPhotoEdit New tab comes with an embedded search by MyWay.com that can't be changed to any of its competitors like Google, Bing, Yahoo and DuckDuckGo. Installing the HolidayPhotoEdit Toolbar on Chrome from Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/holidayphotoedit/ompcmhnafgchjgmdcdopfhlebohkgall requires the users to give the following privileges:
- Read and change all their data on the websites they visit.
- Replace the page they see when opening a new tab.
- Read and change their browsing history.
- Manage their downloads.
- Manage their apps, extensions and themes.
Installing the HolidayPhotoEdit Toolbar on Firefox and Internet Explorer requires the following privileges:
- Access your data for all websites.
- Exchange messages with programs other than Firefox.
- Access browser tabs.
- Access browser activity during navigation.
- Monitor extension usage and manage themes.
The HolidayPhotoEdit Toolbar is known to change the new tab and start page to h[ttp]s://hp.myway.com/HolidayPhotoEdit/ttab02/. The Hp.myway.com/HolidayPhotoEdit/ttab02/ portal offers links to Web-based apps on Freepdfconvert.com/pdf-jpg and Ribbet.com. You may want to know that you don't need to run the HolidayPhotoEdit Toolbar necessarily if you intend to take advantage of the full functionality of Freepdfconvert.com/pdf-jpg and Ribbet.com. PC users who are not ready to share information about their online activity with all partners of Mindspark may want to remove the HolidayPhotoEdit Toolbar and use a trusted anti-spyware scanner to erase any tracking cookies it may have downloaded on their systems. AV engines may flag files, browser settings and Registry keys associated with the HolidayPhotoEdit Toolbar as:
- AdWare.MyWebSearch
- Adware.AdLoadCRT.Win32.544
- Application.Win32.MyWebSearch.DBS
- GrayWare/Win32.StartPage.gen
- PUA.Mindsparki.Gen
- PUP.Optional.MindSpark
- PUP.WebToolbar.MyWebSearch
- W32/MindSpark.B
- WebToolbar.Win32.Agent.gen
- Win32:UnwantedSig [PUP]
Table of Contents
SpyHunter Detects & Remove HolidayPhotoEdit Toolbar
Registry Details
Directories
HolidayPhotoEdit Toolbar may create the following directory or directories:
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\HolidayPhotoEditTooltab |
