My Utility Box
The My Utility Box program at h[tt]p://myutilitybox[.]co/ is developed by Polarity Technologies Ltd, and it is promoted to offer "easy access to utility apps right from your new tab page." The My Utility Box program functions as a browser extension that can be downloaded from the Chrome Web Store at Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/my-utility-box/cpooojldmhfkhfhmoacpdihfakglidbf. PC users may be attracted to take advantage of free "utility apps," but you they may be disappointed to find that the My Utility Box extension changes their new tab and makes redirects to third-party services. The My Utility Box by Polarity modifies your new tab settings in Chrome so that you are redirected to:
h[tt]p://search.hmyutilitybox[.]co/?uc=[currentdate]&ap=appfocus1&source=-lp0-bb8&uid=150f15c7-2e3b-49aa-a7ae-48d803cb2f60&i_id=utility_2.0&cid=cpooojldmhfkhfhmoacpdihfakglidbf&page=newtab&
The My Utility Box New Tab includes links to Shrib.com, Oanda.com/currency/converter, Freetranslation.com and Print-a-calendar.com. However, the sites mentioned before are not affiliated with Polarity, and you are not required to use their My Utility Box extension to benefit from the sites. The company behind the My Utility Box browser extension is well known for publishing applications that redirect Web surfers to promotional materials and send traffic to Yahoo. If you choose to install the My Utility Box, it might gain access to your installed extensions, Internet history, and record your search terms on Search.hmyutilitybox[.]co. The data collected by the My Utility Box is sold to advertisers, and you may be shown links to corrupted pages. You should take into consideration that Polarity does not check the content supplied through its sites. The Terms of Use, EULA and Privacy Policy related to My Utility Box can be found at h[tt]p://www.myutilitybox[.]co/Legal/Terms? and h[tt]p://www.myutilitybox[.]co/Legal/Privacy?. The My Utility Box is deemed as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) by Polarity Technologies Ltd. that you might want to remove along with the tracking cookies and Web beacons it has downloaded.
