Startxxl.com
The Startxxl.com Web portal is associated with the StartXXL ver. 3.0.1 browser add-on for Mozilla Firefox published by the user 'uepselon' at Addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/startxxl. The Startxxl.com add-on may be listed in Firefox's Add-ons Manager as "StartXXL extended Search and New Tab." The Startxxl.com browser add-on is known to be marketed via pages like Browserload.com and Foxload.com to German and English-speaking users primarily. Startxxl.com claims to offer Web surfers the ability to customize their start page as opposed to using the default new tab and start page supplied with Firefox, which does not support customization features. The StartXXL extended Search and New Tab may enable users to add custom RSS feeds, clocks, images, and links to preferred pages, as long as they are using the Startxxl.com add-on and have an active account at Startxxl.com.
Computer security analysts alert that the Firefox installation packages offered at Startxxl.com may include alterations. The Startxxl.com add-on may be incorporated in Browserload.com's version of Firefox in a way that prevents users from removing the app. Additionally, the Startxxl.com team may collect non-personally identifiable data from all copies installed through Browserload.com and Foxload.com. Startxxl.com, Browserload.com, and Foxload.com are not authorized distributors of the Mozilla Firefox Browser, and you may want to avoid them. The safest way to download and run a legitimate copy of Firefox is to access its official page at Mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/. The "StartXXL extended Search and New Tab" add-on is perceived as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that may be promoted via Browserload.com and Foxload.com, as well as free software packages. The Firefox installation package made available through Foxload.com is presented as a self-extracting archive, which is not the official format used by the Mozilla Foundation. You may want to stick to the official releases by the company and refrain from installing browsers with built-in third-party extensions published on questionable sites.
