Search.htransitlocator.co
The Search.htransitlocator.co domain is used by Polarity Technologies Ltd in conjunction with their browser extension called Transit Locator. The Transit Locator extension is distributed to PC users without a subscription fee and a paid license. The Transit Locator software is free to use, and it is promoted to help users access rental car services and bus services easily. The Transit Locator program is aimed at citizens in the United States of America primarily. The Transit Locator extension can be installed to Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox via free software bundles and advertisements on pages supported by Polarity Technologies Ltd.
The Transit Locator application is programmed to change the default new tab page in your browser and offer a better search service. The Transit Locator New Tab is powered by Search.htransitlocator.co, which includes links to sites like hertz.com, thrifty.com, alamo.com, megabus.com, boltbus.com, and popular Internet services like Facebook, Instagram and Gmail. The Transit Locator New Tab is configured to produce search results via Yahoo, and that can't be changed. Web surfers that enter search terms on Search.htransitlocator.co are redirected to search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hspart=adk&hsimp=yhs-adk_sbyhp&p=[search terms]. The Transit Locator extension may appear in the navigation panel as a new icon that displays a drop-down menu when clicked on.
The Transit Locator application is ad-supported, and the users are required to give Polarity Technologies Ltd access to their Internet history, list of installed extensions and download logs. The information is collected for marketing purposes and allows Polarity to monetize the usage of their free application by helping advertises push relevant commercials on your screen whenever you visit supported pages. For example, your purchases on Amazon will be recorded by third-party advertisers, and you may be offered to buy similar products across the Internet. You should note that the Transit Locator New Tab acts more like a redirect-gateway to third-party services than a central hub for searching public transportation services. You may not like how the Transit Locator is monetized and decide to remove it. The Transit Locator by Polarity Technologies Ltd is deemed as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that is known to save persistent tracking cookies on computers and lack search customization options.
