InspiringBackgrounds
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| Ranking: | 11,469 |
| Threat Level: | 10 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 902 |
| First Seen: | October 13, 2016 |
| Last Seen: | September 12, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
InspiringBackgrounds is offered for installation at Free.InspiringBackgrounds.com and claims to offer 'dozens of inspirational quotes and images' for free. InspiringBackgrounds is designed to change your new tab page and welcome you to use a modified version of Hp.myway.com as your homepage and default search provider. Users can opt out of using Hp.myway.com as their start page and search service. However, they will need to grant InspiringBackgrounds permission to alter their new tab page layout. InspiringBackgrounds is a product of Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc., which is a company that relies on the support of advertisers to release free applications to the public. InspiringBackgrounds is very similar to the Wallpapers Toolbar and the Wallpaper by MyWay that Mindspark released earlier.
The InspiringBackgrounds software is ad-supported and may show advertising materials on a customized version of Hp.myway.com. InspiringBackgrounds is compatible with Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. You should take into consideration that InspiringBackgrounds will access data like your list of recently downloaded files, Internet history, installed extensions and themes to generate custom-made ads on Hp.myway.com. Computer users that are not comfortable with the level of access required by InspiringBackgrounds may wish to rethink installing the app. InspiringBackgrounds is classified by security analysts as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). AV vendors are known to detect the InspiringBackgrounds software as MyWebSearch.J (v), Toolbar.MyWebSearch.FM, PUP/Win32.WebToolbar.C1550301, PUA/MyWebSearch.Gen, PUP.Optional.MindSpark and Win32.Adware.Mindspark.E. To remove the InspiringBackgrounds manually, you need to navigate to the settings menu and launch the Add-ons/Extensions Manager. Cookies that were used by InspiringBackgrounds may not be deleted when removing the extension manually. You may need to use a credible anti-spyware app to delete the tracking cookies that are no longer needed.
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SpyHunter Detects & Remove InspiringBackgrounds
Registry Details
Directories
InspiringBackgrounds may create the following directory or directories:
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\InspiringBackgroundsTooltab |
URLs
InspiringBackgrounds may call the following URLs:
| inspiringbackgrounds.com |
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