The Reading Hub

The Reading Hub is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that is often bundled with software that the computer users found on the Internet. When the Reading Hub gets installed, the Reading Hub may change the homepage and the search engine function of the computer user's Web browser to The Reading Hub New Tab Search. The Reading Hub is created by Polarity Technologies LTD, as a companion to their website that acts as a search engine. There are plenty of software bundles that do not state the software inside them in full so that it is possible that The Reading Hub may be installed on a users' machines without their knowledge.

When The Reading Hub is installed on a computer, the more common symptoms that betray its presence are the following:

• Changes in the Web browser default homepage, setting it to The Reading Hub.
• Changes to the browser search provider, such as the search box, once again setting it to The Reading Hub.
• Changes to the new tab function of the affected browsers, launching the modified search page of The Reading Hub.

The Reading Hub also may load into the Web browser via extensions or add-ons.
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