Threat Database Browser Hijackers Search.heasyspeedtest.co

Search.heasyspeedtest.co

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 989
Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 35,401
First Seen: July 3, 2017
Last Seen: September 21, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Search.heasyspeedtest.co site is associated with yet another clone of the Test My Speeds that comes under the name of Easy Speed Test. Both programs come from the same developer—Polarity Technologies Ltd. and offer the same functionality. However, Test My Speeds changes the user's browser settings to Search.testmyspeeds.co while the Easy Speed Test browser extension changes the new tab, start page and search to Search.heasyspeedtest.co. Regardless of the small differences, the Easy Speed Test extension offers access to the same Internet speed tool at openspeedtest.com, which is embedded into Search.heasyspeedtest.co as a widget. You may be interested to know that Polarity Technologies Ltd. is not a partner of openspeedtest.com and the service has its own extension named Internet Speed Test by openspeedtest.com, which can be installed via the Chrome Web Store.

Nevertheless, Polarity Technologies Ltd. offers the Easy Speed Test browser extension as a new tab replacement and search enhancement. There is a chance that Web surfers may be disappointed with the Easy Speed Test product. The program at hand is designed to offer a customized Yahoo search via Search.heasyspeedtest.co. You can't reconfigure Search.heasyspeedtest.co to work with other engines. When the Easy Speed Test extension is installed, the user can't change the default search without removing the extension first. The Easy Speed Test software by Polarity Technologies Ltd. is deemed as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that changes many of your Internet settings to drive Web traffic to Search.heasyspeedtest.co and related advertisers. You can take advantage of Search.heasyspeedtest.co and Easy Speed Test for free but the server costs and support are paid by advertisers who might have access to your Internet history, recent downloads, and input on Search.heasyspeedtest.co. The custom search embedded into Search.heasyspeedtest.co may not deliver the same results as the original Yahoo engine. Also, the ads powered by Easy Speed Test may include links to insecure pages and fake lotteries. You may want to reconsider using the Easy Speed Test software by Polarity Technologies Ltd. and wish to remove it with the assistance of a credible anti-spyware instrument.

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Registry Details

Search.heasyspeedtest.co may create the following registry entry or registry entries:

Directories

Search.heasyspeedtest.co may create the following directory or directories:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Easy Speed Test

URLs

Search.heasyspeedtest.co may call the following URLs:

.easyspeedtest.co
search.heasyspeedtest.co

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