SearchIT New Tab
Summary
It may modify the settings of users Web browsers with the goal of causing frequent redirects to a promoted website at searchresults.store. In addition, the SearchIT New Tab utilizes the Managed by your organization feature of Google Chrome to ensure persistence and prevent users from recovering their browsers. It also is likely that this browser hijacker collects browsing-related data, such as visited URLs, viewed Web ages, searched queries, etc., which could then be monetized by being sold to third parties. Browser hijackers and PUPs are typically spread through deceptive downloads, such as fake updates to popular programs like Java or Adobe Flash Player. It consists of including the browser hijacker alongside other applications, and when the user downloads the package, the additional items get installed as well.
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