Threat Database Browser Hijackers Search.yourrecipescenter.com

Search.yourrecipescenter.com

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 8,379
Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 1,510
First Seen: June 12, 2016
Last Seen: September 9, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Search.yourrecipescenter.com is a domain that is used in conjunction with the 'Your Recipe Center' software from Polarity Technologies Ltd. The 'Your Recipe Center' program is available for free to Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox users. The 'Your Recipe Center' program is tailored to English-speaking users based in the United States of America. The application at hand is configured to change the user's new tab to Search.yourrecipescenter.com and show links to resources at Recipessimplified.com and Foodnetwork.co.uk. The Your Recipe Center New Tab may be shown as an icon in the navigation panel in Chrome and Firefox. Clicks on the Your Recipe Center New Tab icon trigger a browser redirect to Search.yourrecipescenter.com.

The 'Your Recipe Center' Extension requires the following rights in Google Chrome:

  • 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.

The 'Your Recipe Center' Add-on requires the following rights in Mozilla Firefox:

  • Access your data for all websites.
  • Exchange messages with programs other than Firefox.
  • Access browser tabs.
  • Access browser activity during navigation.
  • Monitor extension usage and manage themes.

The Your Recipe Center New Tab page at Search.yourrecipescenter.com is powered by a custom Yahoo search service that delivers results through a redirect to hxxp://query[.]yourrecipessenter[.]com/s and then loads hxxps://search.yahoo[.]com/yhs/search?hspart=adk&hsimp=yhs-adk_sbyhp&p=[search terms]. The 'Your Recipe Center' application is known to record the user's search terms on Search.yourrecipescenter.com, as well as competing services like Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo. Also, the application collects information like your Internet history and installed third-party extensions/add-ons. The data is sent to the servers of Polarity Technologies Ltd, which is a marketing company. The company then sells the aggregated information to ad publishers and marketers that may use pages on Yahoo.com and other sites to push targeted promotional materials to your screen.

You can find the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for the 'Your Recipe Center' application by Polarity at hxxp://search.yourrecipescenter[.]com/Home/Privacy and hxxp://search.yourrecipescenter[.]com/Home/Terms. The 'Your Recipe Center' software is deemed as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that may cause unwanted redirects to Search.yourrecipescenter.com and Yahoo. The advertisements facilitated by 'Your Recipe Center' may not be filtered by ad-blockers and Polarity does not veto targeted content generated with the help of their products. You may want to remove the 'Your Recipe Center' software using a credible anti-spyware scanner and erase the connected tracking cookies.

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