Maps2Go
The Maps2Go software from http://www.maps2go.net is a product by ABE Labs Ltd. that is promoted to help the users navigate quickly and easily thanks to the integration of three GPS technologies. The Maps2Go software is not an application for your mobile device — it is a browser extension that can be added to Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari Web browser. The Chrome version can be installed via https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/maps2go/ijekngkpdlgeldbcbeeabcmhinlhbkgi, and the Safari version can be pulled from http://www.maps2go.net directly. Web surfers can benefit from the Maps2Go extension for free, but they will need to abide by the EULA and Privacy Policy posted on the official site (http://www.maps2go.net/privacy and http://www.maps2go.net/eula).
Also, Maps2Go is supported by advertisers, and you will need to let Maps2Go save Web beacons, session cookies, persistent cookies and perform device fingerprinting. The Maps2Go extension asks the users for permission to read their browsing data. The Maps2Go extension adds an icon to the navigation panel that triggers a redirect to https://prod.maps2go.net on click and has no added functionality. You may think that the Maps2Go Hub at https://prod.maps2go.net produces navigation recommendations, but that is not the case. In actuality, Web users are either rerouted to Openstreetmap.org, Bing.com/maps or Mapquest.com/search. Maps2Go is not using trusted global navigation services like US’s GPS, Europe’s Galileo, China’s Beidou and Russia’s GLONASS. Instead, the users are forced to go through several redirects, and they may experience transitional page advertisements and pop-up windows.
Maps2Go by www.maps2go.net is deemed as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that is developed by ABE Labs Ltd. Also, Maps2Go may change your default search engine to Search.regevpop.com and proceed to monetize your online activity via sponsored search results and highly targeted ad placements. You may want to remove Maps2Go by ABE Labs Ltd. and related tracking technologies using a credible anti-spyware tool.
