What is Get Recipes Now?
Get Recipes Now is the latest potentially unwanted program (PUP) to join the Eightpoint Technologies Ltd. family. Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have thoroughly inspected and tested this suspicious extension to learn exactly how it works, and we can conclude that it is not nearly as beneficial as its creators claim it to be. In most cases, users realize that PUPs like that are useless pretty much immediately after installing them, but they often choose to ignore them because they do not know what to do with them. Furthermore, they can offer links to websites that are legitimate, so they might not even seem completely useless. However, that is why we recommend removing Get Recipes Now as well as Get Speed Test Fast, Get Search Plus, Shipment Trackers, Login to My Email, and other PUPs from the same family. If you are ready to delete the PUP, scroll down to the last section of this report to learn about your options. If you are not yet sure what you want to do, continue reading.
How does Get Recipes Now work?
Get Recipes Now can be downloaded for free from chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/get-recipes-now/okaekkigjfddjhfbcinbeoapmfcfboni. You might have used the Chrome Web Store to acquire a bunch of other extensions in the past, and you might trust this source completely. Unfortunately, even trusted and reputable sources can promote PUPs, which are programs that sort of hang in the grey zone. They are not malware, but they are not harmless, trusted applications either. That is mainly due to what happens behind the curtains. When you install Get Recipes Now, query.getrecipesnowtab.com is set as the New Tab page on your Google Chrome browser. The interface of this page is quite interactive, and you can even find links to totalrecipesnetwork.com, foodnetwork.co.uk, yummly.com, and epicurious.com at the top. Access to these websites is the only thing that users are likely to find useful, and since these sites can be bookmarked for quick access from the browser, it is safe to say that the extension is useless. That being said, the extension does more than show links to legitimate recipe websites.
It is important to note that Get Recipes Now tracks you and collects information about you. Web cookies, beacons, and similar tools can be employed by this potentially unwanted program, and all of this tracking is done silently, behind the scenes. Of course, if you installed the PUP via the Chrome Web Store, the permissions pop-up must have informed you that it can read browsing history. But did you know that the information that is collected can be shared with third parties too? Did you know that this information can be used when modifying the Yahoo Search results shown to you? If you have used the PUP’s search tool, you know that it redirects to search.yahoo.com. Since this search engine is trusted and used by millions, you might assume that using it is safe. It is not because when PUP modifies the results, it can add sponsored links, and we do not know how safe interacting with them is. At the end of the day, do you want to take risks for a tool that simply offers a few links to recipe-related sites? We are sure that you do not.
How to remove Get Recipes Now
There is no need to be intimidated by the removal of this potentially unwanted program. In fact, you should be able to delete Get Recipes Now on your own, manually. Now, it is questionable whether that is the best option for you. We believe that it is best to implement anti-malware software when dealing with any kind of a threat. As we mentioned earlier, PUPs are not malicious per se, but you cannot dismiss how Get Recipes Now works. It does not offer beneficial services, it tracks information about you and shares it with unknown parties, and it also modifies the results after redirecting you to Yahoo Search. All things considered, we believe it is best to delete this potentially unwanted program. If you do it manually, use the guide below, but do not forget that your system might be vulnerable to much more serious threats. If you need help eliminating the PUP or protecting your system, employ trusted anti-malware software.
Removal Instructions
- Open Google Chrome and tap Alt+F keys.
- Click More tools and open the Extensions menu.
- Find the unwanted extension and Remove it.
- Access the More tools menu again and click Clear browsing data.
- Go to the Advanced section and choose time range and boxes.
- Click Clear data to clear data trackers.
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