Threat Database Browser Hijackers Search.yourtelevisioncenter.com

Search.yourtelevisioncenter.com

By CagedTech in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 183
First Seen: October 14, 2016
Last Seen: April 15, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Your Television Center browser extension is promoted as a valuable addition to your TV experience. The homepage for Your Television Center can be found at Yourtelevisioncenter.com/Television and users are promised enhanced experience with content on networks like Hulu, Netflix, ESPN and others. The Your Television Center extension is part of the SaferBrowser group of applications that are created by AdKnowledge Inc. The Your Television Center app is a re-branded version of Watch Your TV Shows Now New Tab and users may find more than a few similarities with Your Vid Converter.

We should note that advertisers support the development of the Your Television Center software. PC users do not need to make a subscription and pay on a monthly/year basis for the services of Your Television Center. AdKnowledge Inc. is known to benefit from a partnership with advertisers and deploy freeware to Windows users. The Your Television Center extension may enable users to access exclusive videos on Amc.com and Espn.com, as well as provide a customized search service powered by Yahoo. The Your Television Center program is deemed as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP), which might be detected by AV vendors as:

  • ADWARE/iBryte.Gen7
  • Adware.iBryteCRTD.Win32.122
  • PUP.Optional.YourSpeedTestCenter
  • PUP.YourSpeedTestCenter/Variant
  • PUP/Win32.IBryte.R182249
  • Trojan.iBryte.586
  • Win32/Adware.InstallFaster.A
  • iBryte Desktop (PUA)

Your Television Center is available for installation on Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. The version for Chrome is designed to alter the layout of your new tab page and facilitate the services offered by Your Television Center. The Your Television Center extension that is adapted to IE and Firefox is programmed to modify your default search provider and new tab design. Your Television Center for IE and Firefox will redirect users to Search.yourtelevisioncenter.com when they open a new tab and type in the search bar. As stated above, Search.yourtelevisioncenter.com is powered by Yahoo and will provide search results on a new tab page when you click on the magnifying glass icon. You may want to consider removing the Your Television Center extension with a credible anti-spyware app if you are not comfortable with advertisers having access to information from your browser.

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