Your TV Shows New Tab

The Your TV Shows New Tab software from Newtabtools.com is promoted to deliver "access to thousands of TV shows and series right on your new tab page" as seen on Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/your-tv-shows-new-tab/lhhgpjmnhkonjhnipeebcabkhajjnmha. The advertisement continues:

'Your TV Shows New Tab gives you free access to your favorite TV shows online. This extension offers features below:
-Convenient and easy search
-Access to top rated TV shows
-FREE. No registration required
Click "Add to Chrome" to get started.
Adding this extension to Chrome replaces your new tab with Your TV Shows.'

Clicking the 'Add to Chrome' button on Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/your-tv-shows-new-tab/lhhgpjmnhkonjhnipeebcabkhajjnmha allows for the installation dialog box to appear and show the following:

'Add "Your TV Shows New Tab"?
It can:
• Read and change all your data online.
• Replace the page you see when opening a new tab.
• Read and change your browsing history.'

The Your TV Shows New Tab is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) by Newtabtools.com. The extension customizes your new tab so that Google Chrome loads an offline page with links to Netflix, Hulu, Facebook, ESPN GO and YouTube. The new tab address is observed to point to 'chrome-extension://lhhgpjmnhkonjhnipeebcabkhajjnmha/tv_new_tab.html?inst=1.' The search bar on the Your TV Shows New Tab is configured to redirect users to Search.Yahoo.com and record your search terms, which are sent to Newtabtools.com. The Your TV Shows New Tab is very similar to those supplied by the Your Television Now (Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/your-television-now/ajpcggkdohkiecilnbjpghcjjhfjgklj), the NewTabTV Plus, a.k.a. TVPlusNewtab (Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tvplusnewtab/lahmefjgcppbdbpbifbbpiaindhaggkc) and the Watch TV Now (Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/watch-tv-now/iccffegedckckpjjpcjcjdmelaagfffj).

We suspect that the products mentioned before are being published by a single company using many proxy sites. The practice is accepted as the primary business model by Mindspark Interactive Network LLC., Polarity Technologies Ltd. and APN, LLC. Free software developers like Mindspark, Polarity, and APN use its apps to redirect users to customized search services, record their Internet activity and push related advertisements on their screens. Removing the Your TV Shows New Tab can be done via the Extensions Manager in Chrome, but you may want to use an anti-spyware scanner to erase any tracking cookies left by the Your TV Shows New Tab.

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