Speedomizer

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 2,767
Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 94,238
First Seen: November 7, 2017
Last Seen: September 21, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Speedomizer software is published as a free-to-use browser extension that supports Google Chrome. The Speedomizer extension can be downloaded and installed from Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/speedomizer/oiajldmbbcclnblkhhapmnnnmneaggjj. Web surfers might stumble upon Speedomizer via ads and promotional videos that link to Install.speedomizer.com/?pid=52543&clickid=306136546272698157&subid=604364. As its name suggests, Speedomizer is designed to fulfill a single task — measure your Internet speed. The measuring service is available via hxxp://test.speedomizer[.]com and by installing the Speedomizer Chrome Extension.

You may be interested to know that Speedomizer uses information such as your Internet history, installed extensions, Web apps and themes to help marketers generate tailor suited ads via feed.speedomizer.com. The Speedomizer extension is designed to reroute users to hxxp://test.speedomizer[.]com when they click on its icon and change their search settings to feed.speedomizer.com. Also, feed.speedomizer.com is not a real search service — it is a redirect-gateway to Yahoo. That way the authors of the Speedomizer can claim ad revenue from the Yahoo ads. The Speedomizer extension from hxxp://test.speedomizer[.]com is recognized as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) Chrome Extension. There is a statement on hxxp://test.speedomizer[.]com that reads "All trademarks of Ookla, LLC (a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, LLC), including Speedtest®, are used under license." However, there is no public information whether Speedomizer is a legitimate partner of Ookla, LLC. If you want the original Ookla Speed Test you might want to go to hxxp://beta.speedtest[.]net and Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/speedtest-by-ookla/pgjjikdiikihdfpoppgaidccahalehjh. PC users who are not willing to switch their default search provider to Yahoo and experience browser redirects via feed.speedomizer.com may consider removing the Speedomizer Chrome Extension.

URLs

Speedomizer may call the following URLs:

.speedomizer.com
feed.speedomizer.com

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