Search.hgetsports.net
The Search.hgetsports.net domain is utilized by a company called Polarity Technologies Ltd. as the default new tab for PC users who install their product called 'Get Sports.' The Get Sports software product can be found on the Chrome Web Store — Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/get-sports/kilmgdjnepppejpgejangmgahhnjjjkj, and it is designed to give access to live coverage of sports events. The Get Sports extension can be added to Chrome for free, and users are not required to pay a monthly fee. A click on the 'Add to Chrome' button at Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/get-sports/kilmgdjnepppejpgejangmgahhnjjjkj brings up the following dialog box:
'Add "Get Sports"?
It can:
•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.'
What you are not told in the dialog box is that Get Sports changes your new tab page settings to:
h[tt]p://search.hgetsports[.]net/?uc=20180214&i_id=sports_1.0&cid=kilmgdjnepppejpgejangmgahhnjjjkj&page=newtab&
You can find the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy associated with Get Sports on search.hgetsports[.]net/Home/Privacy and search.hgetsports[.]net/Home/Terms. The Get Sports software product is deemed as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) from Polarity Technologies Ltd. Search.hgetsports.net is not a real search service — it works as a redirect-gateway to a customized Yahoo engine on:
h[tt]ps://search.yahoo[.]com/yhs/search?hspart=adk&hsimp=yhs-adk_sbyhp&p=[seach terms]¶m2=481ba5d2-9182-424e-a185-3fd0fbcc8856¶m3=sports_~EN~¶m4=~Chrome~[seach terms]¶m1=17700101&type=
PC users who are not used to Yahoo may not like the redirects from Search.hgetsports.net. Also, loading Search.hgetsports.net does not require users to have the Get Sports extension installed necessarily. You can find links on Search.hgetsports.net to Espn.com, Nfl.com/big-play-highlights, and Scores.espn.com/tennis/dailyResults, which you can bookmark and avoid loading Search.hgetsports.net, as well as installing the Get Sports extension from Polarity. You can uninstall the Get Sports extension and remove Search.hgetsports.net from your new tab with the help of a credible cybersecurity instrument, as well as clean tracking cookies from advertisers related to Polarity.
