What is Find My Nascar Lineup?
Find My Nascar Lineup is a potentially unwanted program (PUP), and that is what Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers decided after thoroughly inspecting this strange application/extension. Internet Explorer users are forced to download it as an application, and that means that they have to uninstall it at the end. Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox users install it as an extension, and it is enough to delete the unwanted add-on to get rid of it. Since you are reading this report, it is possible that you need to further explanation as to why you should remove Find My Nascar Lineup from your operating system or browsers. However, if you have no idea why the seemingly-harmless app/extension is classified as a PUP or why you should even consider eliminating it, this is an article for you. Continue reading, and, as always, do not be shy to post any questions in the comments section below.
How does Find My Nascar Lineup work?
It took one glace for our researchers to realize that Find My Nascar Lineup is part of a group of PUPs created by Eightpoint Technologies. Among many potentially unwanted programs, we have My Flight Finder Tab, EasyCouponsAccess, EarthAndSatelliteMaps, and QuickMapsAndDirections. In most cases, every single PUP created by this company has a download website and also a Chrome web store installer. Find My Nascar Lineup is introduced at findmynascarlineup.com, and Chrome users can install it from chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/find-my-nascar-lineup/mkdmnkkfdcpcfkdhbifiibojplamoene. That being said, potentially unwanted programs like this one are known to travel in unreliable software bundles, and they can be introduced to people using aggressive pop-ups and ads. If you have the app/extension installed already, you might have interacted with it too. While it is unlikely that you would immediately get into trouble by doing that, we do not recommend trusting the PUP or using its services. Speaking of services, they aren’t that beneficial. Once the PUP is installed, the homepage and/or new tab page is changed to an interface that presents links to third-party sites and also a search engine.
At first, the links presented by Find My Nascar Lineup might seem useful. They include links to espn.com, amazon.com, booking.com, and a few other sites. The search engine might seem harmless too as all queries are redirected to search.yahoo.com (Yahoo Search). Well, you can easily bookmark sites for easy access, and when it comes to the search engine, it cannot be trusted because of the modified results that are presented. The creator of Find My Nascar Lineup cleverly hides behind a well-known search tool to show ads and sponsored links, and we cannot guarantee that interacting with them is safe. Interacting with the PUP itself might not be safe because of the data trackers that are employed. They can be used to read your browsing history, check the sites you visit, and gather other information. In the worst-case scenario, this information could be leaked to unknown parties that are malicious. Ultimately, since the PUP does not offer anything useful, there is no reason to postpone its removal. Get rid of this useless extension and replace it with something much more reliable and efficient.
How to remove Find My Nascar Lineup
If you decide that you want to delete Find My Nascar Lineup from your operating system and browsers, we recommend that you scan your operating system first. You might think that the PUP is the only thing you need to think about, but you want to be sure of it. Needless to say, if the malware scanner finds threats, you have to delete them all, and that is easiest to do with the help of an anti-malware program. Of course, it has to be legitimate and trustworthy to work efficiently. If the PUP is the only threat that exists, you should have no trouble deleting it manually. We have created a guide that explains how to do it from all compatible browsers. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to leave a comment below, and remember that if you want to evade PUPs and malware in the future, you must be cautious about what you install, what kinds of pop-ups/ads/downloaders/installers you interact with, and also how you secure your operating system.
Removal Guide
Internet Explorer
- Open the Start menu from the Taskbar and click Control Panel.
- Move to Uninstall a program and Uninstall the undesirable application.
- Launch the browser and tap keys Ctrl+Shift+Delete at the same time.
- Choose the appropriate boxes and click Delete.
Mozilla Firefox
- Launch the browser and tap keys Ctrl+Shift+A to access the Extensions menu.
- Click the three-dots icon on the right of the unwanted extension and choose Remove.
- Tap keys Ctrl+Shift+Delete at the same time.
- Select a time range, mark the desired boxes, and click Clear Now.
Google Chrome
- Launch the browser, tap keys Alt+F, and choose More tools.
- Click Extensions, find the unwanted extension, and choose Remove.
- Tap keys Ctrl+Shift+Delete at the same time.
- Select a time range, mark the desired boxes, and click Clear data.
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