Package Search Toolbar

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 100 % (High)
Infected Computers: 5
First Seen: September 28, 2017
Last Seen: February 14, 2019
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Package Search Toolbar is a program that you might find in free software packages. The Package Search Toolbar is published as freeware, but the program does not include a developer information. We have received complaints regarding the Package Search Toolbar in the last week of September 2017 connected to the Home.packagesear.ch Web portal. The investigation that followed revealed that the Package Search Toolbar is responsible for making modifications to the behavior of browser like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, which resulted in redirects to Home.packagesear.ch. You may be able to use the 'Track Package' text box on Home.packagesear.ch to receive an accurate report from UPS, FedEx, and USPS about parcels you are interested in.

Some AV vendors classified the Package Search Toolbar as a browser hijacker due to its method of installation, lack of proper developer information, and unsolicited changes made to the user's Internet client. Other cybersecurity developers might perceive the Package Search Toolbar as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) considering that users have the option to opt out of installing the app as long as they are using the 'Advanced' option in freeware bundles, and Home.packagesear.ch appears to redirect to the legitimate version of Search.yahoo.com. The creators of the Package Search Toolbar may not have wanted to label their product because it stands in the gray area between an adware and a safe program. We have recorded that results pages you are provided via Home.packagesear.ch contains more than thirty-four sponsored search results, and the core section of Search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hspart=SGMedia&hsimp=yhsm-sgmedia_tracker&p=[KEYWORD] contains only eight links to potentially relevant data. A quick look at the search link shows that Home.packagesear.ch is tailored to generate search results from a Yahoo engine modified by SGMedia.in that is an advertisement company based in India. Tracking cookies and Web beacons downloaded by the Package Search Toolbar may enable marketers to show personalized offers on affiliated pages. Extensions like uBlock Origin and AdBlock PLus may be unable to restrict the activity of the Package Search Toolbar, and you may want to remove the app.

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