Search.cocoshamen.com
The Search.cocoshamen.com domain is associated with the Cocoshamen platform that is a software download platform, which you can find at hxxp://www.cocoshamen[.]com/about. The Search.cocoshamen.com domain may be set as your default search provider, homepage, and new tab whenever you install programs from the Cocoshamen platform. The Cocoshamen platform is associated with various ad-supported browser extensions, media players, and radio applications. The Cocoshamen platform is presented on the Internet with the following description from hxxp://www.cocoshamen[.]com/about:
'Install applications the easy way and without the hassle, using the Cocoshamen downloader. The Cocoshamen platform stems from years of experience with installing applications, resulting in a highly optimized process, yielding faster downloads, a better user experience and more successful installations'
You may want to know that the applications related to Search.cocoshamen.com and the Cocoshamen platform may apply potentially unwanted changes to Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Many users may perceive these changes as an expression of browser hijacking, which prompted cyber security companies to look into the Search.cocoshamen.com domain and related download platform. It was revealed that the Cocoshamen platform does not provide ownership information and the only contact on the home site is an email account — answers@cocoshamen[.]com. Also, the Search.cocoshamen.com domain lacks a valid digital certificate; there is no support for encrypted connections, and the landing page performs multiple browser redirects.
The Cocoshamen New Tab powered by Search.cocoshamen.com is observed to deliver general search results via a customized Yahoo engine at h[tt]ps://search.yahoo[.]com/yhs/search?hspart=GenieoYaho&hsimp=yhs-INTtraffichp&type=a44725330&p=[search terms]. News feeds are shown via a redirect to News.Google.com; video search results are shown at Video.Search.Yahoo.com; image search results are displayed at Images.Search.Yahoo.com, and you may receive in-browser notifications from Savefront.com, as well as search results suggestions from Savefront.com/?partner=geni&channel=homepage&q=[search terms].
Third parties can read all data packets you exchange with Search.cocoshamen.com along with statistics like your browser type, your IP address, your screen resolution and your Windows version. PC users may want to remove browser extensions and other software related to Search.cocoshamen.com that can be used to record their Internet activity.
