iSpinner Search

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

The iSpinner Search browser extension is an ad-supported program that is promoted at ispinner.online as the virtual alternative to the fidget spinners you can buy on Amazon. The iSpinner Search browser extension appears to support the major Internet browsers and change several browser settings. The iSpinner Search software requires the following privileges to function correctly:

  • Read and change all your data on the websites you visit.
  • Communicate with cooperating sites.
  • Display notifications.
  • Change your search settings to: feed.ispinner.online.

The iSpinner Search extension is reported to add a new icon to the navigation panel of the browser and show an animation of a fidget spinner, which you can customize by choosing various models from Feed.ispinner.online You may want to take into consideration that installing the iSpinner Search extension allows it to change your new tab to Feed.ispinner.online and primary search aggregator to Feed.ispinner.online. Computer experts note that Feed.ispinner.online is not a search service and acts as a redirect-gateway to Search.yahoo.com. As mentioned above, the operation of the iSpinner Search is sponsored by advertisers. Your input on Feed.ispinner.online may be recorded and sent to ad networks for analysis. Consequently, you may be shown personalized commercials and sponsored results at Search.yahoo.com, which allows the developers of iSpinner Search claim ad revenue.

Computer security experts classify the iSpinner Search as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that may not provide the same experience as the real world fidget spinners. Also, the iSpinner Search might invite the user to disable extensions like the Adblock Plus, the uBlock Origin, and Ghostery to allow the iSpinner Search to function correctly. Web surfers are not required to install the iSpinner Search for Feed.ispinner.online to load properly. You might want to remove the iSpinner Search browser extension and clean the tracking cookies it may have downloaded by using a reliable anti-spyware scanner.

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