Threat Database Potentially Unwanted Programs QuickFlightTracker Toolbar

QuickFlightTracker Toolbar

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 4,216
Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 1,794
First Seen: October 19, 2018
Last Seen: September 20, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The QuickFlightTracker Toolbar is a free program from Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. The QuickFlightTracker Toolbar can be found at www.quickflighttracker.com where you can click on a download button and add the appropriate version of QuickFlightTracker to your Web browser. The QuickFlightTracker Toolbar is promoted to help Web surfers easily track flight status United Airlines, Delta, Southwest, Lufthansa and other airplane companies. The QuickFlightTracker Toolbar is designed to change the user's default new tab with h[tt]ps://hp.myway[.]com/quickflighttracker/ttab02chr/index.html.

The program may appear in your extensions manager as 'QuickFlightTracker New Tab' and you may experience a redirect to h[tt]p://ext.ask[.]com/index.jhtml?productName=QuickFlightTracker&installDate=2018102210&partnerId=^CQU^chryyy^TTAB03^bg&si=&tbGuid=8BA8504C-F885-4054-AF72-05B1C282CEA9&coId=a574132c982b40afa84b7a5bb255e88e&rebuttalSuppression=true after you install the QuickFlightTracker Toolbar. Mindspark is known to urge users to install the 'Search Extension by Ask' app with many of its products using confusing installation pages. The company behind the QuickFlightTracker Toolbar monetizes the user's Web activity by collecting information on what videos you watch, what content you download, what extensions you are running in the background, what pages you view and what search terms you enter on sites like Google.com, Bing.com, and Search.Yahoo.com.

Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. is a marketing company that helps advertisers and marketers reach out to targeted audiences by tracking your online behavior. The QuickFlightTracker Toolbar assists advertisers in recognizing your Web browsing pattern on the Internet and pushing targeted commercials on your screen. Many users concerned with their privacy may not like to keep the QuickFlightTracker Toolbar. The QuickFlightTracker New Tab may offer links to sites like www.timezoneconverter.com and www.airportterminalmaps.com, but you are not provided with added features. The QuickFlightTracker Toolbar from Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. is deemed as a Potentially Unwanted Program that may trigger security alerts from your AV that lists the following markers:

  • Adware.AdLoadCRT.Win32.544
  • Application.WebToolbar (A)
  • GrayWare/Win32.StartPage.gen
  • PUA_MYWEBSEARCH
  • PUF.MySearch!1.AEA3 (CLASSIC)
  • PUP.WebToolbar.MyWebSearch
  • PUP/Win32.Mindspark.R233545
  • Riskware/Agent
  • W32.HfsAdware.1166
  • W32/MindSpark.MHJA-2086

SpyHunter Detects & Remove QuickFlightTracker Toolbar

Registry Details

QuickFlightTracker Toolbar may create the following registry entry or registry entries:

Directories

QuickFlightTracker Toolbar may create the following directory or directories:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\QuickFlightTrackerTooltab

URLs

QuickFlightTracker Toolbar may call the following URLs:

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