Threat Database Browser Hijackers Search.todaystopheadlines.co

Search.todaystopheadlines.co

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

The Search.todaystopheadlines.co domain is associated with the Todays Top Headlines browser extension developed by Polarity Technologies Ltd. and released to Windows users in freeware bundles. Also, you may find the Todays Top Headlines extension promoted on free software platforms that offer access to browser extensions outside the Google Web Store and the Mozilla Add-ons library. You may want to keep in mind that extensions that are not listed on official platforms like chrome.google.com and addons.mozilla.org may perform unwanted modifications to your browser and redirect users to phishing pages. The Todays Top Headlines app by Polarity Technologies Ltd. is one such browser extension. It has no official site and lacks pages on chrome.google.com and addons.mozilla.org. Also, the Todays Top Headlines browser extension is an ad-supported product, and you might want to read the Terms of Use and Privacy Agreement on search.todaystopheadlines.co/Home/Privacy and search.todaystopheadlines.co/Home/Terms. When you install the Todays Top Headlines extension the following privileges need to be granted:

  • Read and change all your data on the websites you visit.
  • Communicate with cooperating sites.
  • Manage your apps, extensions and themes.

As mentioned above, the Todays Top Headlines app is ad-supported so that you are not required to pay for its services. Web surfers that add the Todays Top Headlines extension to their browser should be prepared to see ads by Todays Top Headlines on their new tab page and favorite pages. The Todays Top Headlines extension is programmed to make the browser load Search.todaystopheadlines.co as the default new tab and start page. Also, you may be invited to set Ask.com as the primary search provider right after the Todays Top Headlines add-on is activated. Information about your browser version, bookmarks collection, IP address, and input on Search.todaystopheadlines.co may be collected by the Todays Top Headlines browser add-on and transmitted to the servers of Polarity Technologies Ltd. There the information may be analyzed and used to generate personalized commercials for your new tab powered by Search.todaystopheadlines.co. The same activity was observed with search.emailaccessonline.com (Email Access Online) and search.sonicpdfconverter.com (Sonic PDF Converter), which are maintained by Polarity Technologies Ltd. as well. The Todays Top Headlines software is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that you may want to remove using a credible anti-spyware instrument.

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