MyHomePage.pro
Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecard
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| Ranking: | 14,672 |
| Threat Level: | 10 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 1,177 |
| First Seen: | October 26, 2017 |
| Last Seen: | July 31, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The MyHomePage.pro domain is related to cases of browser hijacking where the user's browser is forced to load MyHomePage.pro as the new tab and start page. The reports of questionable activities tied to MyHomePage.pro surfaced in the fourth week of October 2017. The MyHomePage.pro is managed by RCPmedia, which is a company that helps programmers build free multimedia services and monetize the traffic they generate. The MyHomePage.pro site may be set as your default new tab and start page by the My Homepage Chrome Extension found at Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/my-homepage/oippcafmiiflaibboplblpijbjnmgelc.
As mentioned above, the company behind MyHomePage.pro helps programmers earn money for their free services by connecting them with advertisers and making available custom search engines. The My Homepage Chrome Extension from Myhomepage.pro is designed to make your browser load MyHomePage.pro by default. The site offers a selection of quick links to popular Web services like Flickr, Wikipedia, Facebook, YouTube, Gmail, Amazon, eBay, Reddit and many others. The MyHomePage.pro site may use the usage statistics gathered by the My Homepage Chrome Extension to customize the advertisements presented below the table of quick links found on its main page. The My Homepage Chrome Extension may gather information like your Internet history and record how much time you spend online to help related ad networks generate tailor-suited ads on MyHomePage.pro. You may be interested to know that the My Homepage Chrome Extension from Myhomepage.pro has clones on the Chrome Web Store. We have found the following clones:
- My Browser Home Extension from Mybrowserhome.com — Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/my-browser-home/ibokieldaedafeobljabgoccppilebki.
- StartPage.pro Extension from Mybrowserhome.com and Startpage.pro — Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/startpagepro/mnpolcikapegmohgnlmgnfibjahjjbnd.
Flooding browser extension markets with clones of a single product is not an ethical practice, and it belongs to the gray area of software development. The My Homepage Chrome Extension and its clones are classified as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) that may hijack your new tab and start page. However, you should be able to remove them relatively easily using the Extensions Manager, which you can open by opening the Chrome menu > More Tools > Extensions. You might want to use a credible anti-spyware scanner that can delete the tracking cookies and Web beacons the My Homepage Chrome Extension has downloaded during its working time.
