My Local Transit

By GoldSparrow in Potentially Unwanted Programs

The My Local Transit browser extension from Hmylocaltransit.co is available to Google Chrome users for free. The product is developed by a company called Polarity Technologies Ltd. that we have mentioned in our articles many times in the past. The My Local Transit software is an ad-supported program, which you may find in free software packages on the Internet. The My Local Transit application is known to be compatible with Google Chrome and delivers a customized new tab page powered by Search.hmylocaltransit.co. The program is tailored to make modifications to your Internet client's settings and make your browser load Search.hmylocaltransit.co whenever you open a new tab. Additionally, the program at hand communicates with remote servers controlled by Polarity Technologies Ltd. and marketers to deliver targeted marketing materials via Search.yahoo.com.

The company that released My Local Transit earns money through Yahoo Ads and sharing usage statistics with marketers. The My Local Transit extension provides users with links to YouTube, Twitter, Gmail, Instagram, and a selection of links to rental car services and bus services in Canada, UK and the USA. The My Local Transit application behaves similarly to the Go Maps Chrome Extension (Search.hgomaps.co) and the Directions Express Extension (Search.searchdirex.com). Cybersecurity analysts classify My Local Transit as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) by Polarity Technologies Ltd. that directs users to Search.hmylocaltransit.co and uses information like your browsing history, downloads log and knowledge of your installed extensions for profit. The practices utilized by My Local Transit are not harmful, and the company collects non-personally identifiable data. However, PC users may not be comfortable with the non-existent customizations of the My Local Transit New Tab powered by Search.hmylocaltransit.co. Not to mention, the behavioral ads and redirects to Yahoo. You may want to uninstall the My Local Transit extension and eliminate the related Web beacons with the assistance of a reliable cyber security scanner.

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