Video Search – Advanced Movie Finder
The Video Search – Advanced Movie Finder program from h[tt]p://best-knownapp[.]com/ is promoted to help Google Chrome users find new movies and videos easily. The Video Search – Advanced Movie Finder browser extension adds a customized search service to the Omnibox, which can be accessed by pressing 'v' followed by 'Tab' and your search query. The Video Search – Advanced Movie Finder extension is used by a little more than twenty-three thousand users judging by the statistics published on Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-search-advanced-mov/mafmbfcmgifkdahieiddfiebgaabkdpd. However, the app is rated by mere forty-nine users who gave it four stars and most of the written reviews are from fake accounts on Google+. The Video Search – Advanced Movie Finder is reported to ask for the following rights in Google Chrome:
- Read and change your data on the websites you visit.
- Change your search settings to inasearch.space.
You should know that Inasearch.space is associated with many cases of browser hijacking where users were obstructed from using their favorite search engine until they cleaned their system. The 104.24.98.35 IP address of h[tt]p://best-knownapp[.]com/ shows that there are many phishing sites, which may be loaded by Video Search – Advanced Movie Finder in your browser. Inasearch.space is used by the Video Search – Advanced Movie Finder extension as a redirect-gateway to h[tt]p://private-seeking[.]com/s_results_video.html?q=[search terms]&category=videos that is associated with a riskware called 'PrivateSeeker.' You may notice that the Video Search – Advanced Movie Finder adds a transparent icon to the Chrome navigation panel and shows a drop-down menu powered by Private-seeking[.]com The drop-down menu by Video Search – Advanced Movie Finder is observed to feature the brand name 'Personal Finder,' which we have mentioned before in relation to Searchingfast.com. The browser redirects, questionable icons, and connections to browser hijackers allow cybersecurity researchers to classify the Video Search – Advanced Movie Finder extension from Best-knownapp.com as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that might redirect users to phishing pages. You can remove all components of the Video Search – Advanced Movie Finder and any tracking cookies with the help of a respected anti-spyware utility.
