Search.hgomaps.co

The Search.hgomaps.co domain is used by the Go Maps Chrome Extension, which is developed by Polarity Technologies Ltd. The company is seen to promote the Go Maps Chrome Extension via its search service, Search.searchdirex.com and freeware bundles. The Go Maps Chrome Extension is presented to Web surfers as a tool that can help them plan routes to their desired destinations. However, Search.hgomaps.co is not a mapping service like Google Maps and Bing Maps. Search.hgomaps.co is simple a middle-man between you and the resources made available in Google Maps, Bing Maps and Geico.com. Search.hgomaps.co functions as a redirect-gateway to third parties and a convenient way for Polarity Technologies Ltd. to display targeted commercials on your screen.

The Go Maps Chrome Extension is a clone of the Driving Directions Home, the Directions Express and the FindYourMaps Toolbar that were released by Polarity earlier. The Go Maps Chrome Extension, like other Polarity products, is flagged as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that travels in freeware bundles, uses information on your system for behavioral marketing, and takes control of your browser settings. The Go Maps Chrome Extension is designed to replace your new tab page with Search.hgomaps.co. Installing the Go Maps Chrome Extension means that you allow it to replace your new tab page, read the data exchange with third-party services, and control the extensions, themes and apps you have installed. The Go Maps Chrome Extension is known to use information like your browsing history and search terms entered on Google, Search.hgomaps.co, Bing, and Yahoo to personalize the marketing materials loaded on your new tab page. You should note that ad-blockers may not filter the data transmitted by the Go Maps. Additionally, we have found that Go Maps has a few other clones registered to the 23.21.42.156 and the 50.17.215.91 IP addresses which include the Easy Driving Directions from Search.searchdirex.com and Directions and Map from Config.hdirectionsandmap.com. The Go Maps Chrome Extension may include a standalone service dubbed 'GoMaps.exe,' which AV engines are known to tag with the following names:

• Adware ( 00518f651 )
• Adware.Agent!1.ADA9 (CLASSIC)
• Adware.Agent.Win32.136143
• Adware.Downware.18374
• PUP/Win32.Helper.R210247
• StartPage-FAM
• Trojan.StartPage!ueiUXNQLc7w
• Unsafe.AI_Score_98%
• W32/S-213f321d!Eldorad
• W32/Trojan.VULI-2059