People Search New Tab

The People Search New Tab is published by a company called Polarity Technologies Ltd that is known for publishing ad-supported browser extensions. The People Search New Tab is powered by a browser extension called 'People Search' that can be installed into Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. The People Search New Tab is stated to deliver social functionality to your browser and enhance your online experience with social networks like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. The People Search New Tab is loaded in the browser as an offline resource. The 'People Search' extension by Polarity needs a few permissions to work properly in IE, Firefox, and Chrome.

The permissions requested on Chrome are as follow:

• Read and change all your data on the websites you visit.
• Replace the page you see when opening a new tab.
• Manage your apps, extensions and themes.

The permissions requested on Firefox are as follow:

• Access your data for all websites.
• Exchange messages with programs other than Firefox.
• Access browser tabs.
• Access browser activity during navigation.

Computer security analysts recognize the 'People Search' extension as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) by Polarity Technologies Ltd. The app is used to collect non-personally identifiable data from Web surfers and assist in behavioral marketing campaigns on the Internet. Polarity shares data it collects via its products with ad publishers and marketers. Additionally, the People Search New Tab can be accessed via h[tt]p://search.search4ppl2[.]com and it is obvious that users are redirected to search results on Yahoo via the redirect-link:

h[tt]ps://search.yahoo[.]com/yhs/search?hspart=adk&hsimp=yhs-adk_sbyhp&p=[search terms]¶m2=8c49e304-daf6-4762-bd73-ee1fa755a5a4¶m3=peoplesearch_~EN~¶m4=~Chrome~[search terms]¶m1=17700101&type=

Search.search4ppl2.com is used by Polarity to collect search terms from users and direct them to promotional materials on Yahoo. The People Search New Tab may offer links to Seekverify[.]com, Spokeo.com/reverse-phone-lookup, and Freebackgroundcheck.org, but you do not need to install the 'People Search' extension from POlarity to access the content on the sites. PC users who wish to stop the redirects to Yahoo from their new tab page and prevent Polarity from tracking their activity on the Internet should remove the 'People Search' extension with the help of a trusted anti-spyware scanner. AV companies refer to files associated with the People Search New Tab by using the following detection names:

• Adware ( 0051ae491 )
• Application.AdSearch (A)
• Application.Win32.StartPage.NSS
• CloudWrapper (PUA)
• Gen:Variant.Zusy.276534
• PUA.Agent
• PUP-XDC-IO
• PUP/Win32.StartPage.R213772