My Television XP

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 455
First Seen: September 3, 2015
Last Seen: June 14, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The My Television XP software from Polarity Technologies Ltd. is promoted on hxxp://mytelevisionxp[.]com/Television? to allow users watch TV in their browser. If you expect to load TV channels via My Television XP in your browser, you might be in for a surprise. The My Television XP software is published by Polarity as a browser extension, which changes your new tab start page and search settings to hxxp://search.mytelevisionxp[.]com/ on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. You can find My Television XP on Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/my-television-xp/ehihhpjpkcdijmalcficclaokpfbhakn. The app at hand is known as the Easy Television Access and the Watch TV Now as well. The company behind the My Television XP program is known for its practice to republish its products under new names and redirect Web surfers to Search.yahoo.com.

The My Television XP does not load content from TV channels; it only displays links to Search.searchotva.com, Netflix, ESPN GO, and Hulu, along with a search bar powered by Yahoo. Additionally, the Search.mytelevisionxp.com New Tab by My Television XP lacks an SSL encryption and your input on the portal may be recorded by third parties. The My Television XP program is an ad-supported product by Polarity Technologies Ltd. that may run in the system background as 'MyTelevisionXP.exe.' The My Television XP software is observed to use information on your PC (browsing history, extensions and themes) to generate tailor-suited ads on your new tab and help marketers affiliated with Yahoo deliver customized promotional materials to your browser. My Television XP is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that is flagged by AV scanners using the following detection names:

  • Adware ( 005187ae1 )
  • Adware.Downware.18374
  • Application.AdSearch (A)
  • PUP-XDE-GF
  • RiskWare[Downloader]/Win32.AdLoad
  • Trojan.Agent.CPSG
  • Trojan.Win32.StartPage.esqohz
  • W32/S-403a1b48!Eldorado

URLs

My Television XP may call the following URLs:

mytelevisionxp.com

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