Threat Database Browser Hijackers Search.easyvideoconverteraccess.com

Search.easyvideoconverteraccess.com

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 1
First Seen: November 13, 2016
Last Seen: January 24, 2019
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Search.easyvideoconverteraccess.com portal offers a search service for its visitors and is associated with the Easy Video Converter Access browser add-on for Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The Easy Video Converter Access add-on and Search.easyvideoconverteraccess.com are managed by Sail Machine, which is a software publisher that is related to Adknowledge Inc., which released BrowserSafeGuard and LocalHost New Tab. The Easy Video Converter Access browser add-on is known to be promoted by adware and legitimate advertisements on software deployment platforms. The official site for the Easy Video Converter Access is Easyvideoconverteraccess.com, which claims that users are provided with tools and a new tab page that would enable them to 'convert videos and files to over 1000 formats.'

Whenever the users install the Easy Video Converter Access add-on, they will be prompted to allow the add-on to customize their Internet experience in Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The new features that the Easy Video Converter Access is supposed to introduce include a redesigned new tab page, homepage, and links to services like YouTube, IMDB, Vimeo and Facebook. Computer users will notice that their new tab page is hosted on Search.easyvideoconverteraccess.com, as well as their start page. The Search.easyvideoconverteraccess.com portal is powered by a custom build of Yahoo! and Web surfers will be redirected to Search.yahoo.com when they enter search terms and hit enter on Search.easyvideoconverteraccess.com. The Easy Video Converter Access add-on may collect data like your browsing history, downloads log and search terms entered on Search.easyvideoconverteraccess.com to help partners generate tailor-suited ads when you visit affiliated pages. Security analysts may list the Easy Video Converter Access add-on as a browser hijacker and a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). You might need a reliable anti-spyware scanner to remove all files associated with the Easy Video Converter Access and Search.easyvideoconverteraccess.com from your drives safely. AV vendors are known to detect the executable linked to Search.easyvideoconverteraccess.com as:

  • ADWARE/iBryte.Gen7
  • Adware.iBryteCRTD.Win32.122
  • PUA.Sailmachin.Gen
  • PUP.Optional.YourSpeedTestCenter
  • PUP.YourSpeedTestCenter/Variant
  • PUP/Win32.IBryte.R182249
  • Riskware.Win32.IBryte.egvlvg
  • Win32/Adware.InstallFaster.A

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