What is My Email Checker Tab?
My Email Checker Tab is a tool that was designed by Eightpoint Technologies Ltd. This is the first sign that identifies a potential threat. Unfortunately, this company keeps producing more and more extensions that seem to offer legitimate services, but in reality, are completely useless and, perhaps, even intrusive and unreliable. A few other programs that are linked to the same company include Email Access Here, Your Search Tool, Find A Flight Pro, Breaking News Plus, and Watch Movies Live. Needless to say, it makes no sense for the same company to create several apps for email access/management, and that is another sign that, perhaps, these apps are not meant to be that useful. Of course, whether or not they are useful for you only you can decide. In either case, we recommend removing My Email Checker Tab and all other apps that were created by the same company. If you need no explanation as to why you should delete these extensions, you can go straight to the last section. If you need more information, continue reading.
How does My Email Checker Tab work?
My Email Checker Tab cannot be downloaded from myemailchecker.co, but it shows a download button that opens the Chrome Web Store installer at chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/my-email-checker-tab/hmgemcigonjmaneolcedacbpnkedpiea. According to the information presented here, the extension – which we classify as a potentially unwanted program/PUP – can offer links to popular email services. It is also stated that the extension can change and read the information you see, replace the New Tab page, and also record browsing history. My Email Checker Tab is meant to help you access email services, and so these privileges should raise some questions. If you proceed with the installation, the PUP changes the New Tab page (which opens as homepage) and the search provider to hp.hmyemailchecker.co. The interface of this page offers links to Outlook, Yahoo Mail, and Google Mail. While this might seem useful, you can easily bookmark the login pages to make it easier for yourself to access them from your browser.
Overall, it does not look like hp.hmyemailchecker.co was created to help people access email services. At least, that is not its only purpose. Once My Email Checker Tab is installed, it places tracking tools, including web cookies, to gather information. This information can be used to select which ads you are most likely to interact with. The purpose here is to ensure that relevant and attractive ads are introduced to you, so that you would click them and help the creator of the PUP earn money. Yes, My Email Checker Tab is somewhat of an advertising tool, and it has chosen to advertise in the most suspicious manner. The search box represented via hp.hmyemailchecker.co redirects all searches to search.yahoo.com, but although the results might seem normal, they are modified. Can modified results be trusted? Well, considering that you do not really know who advertises via the PUP and what kinds of links you could be introduced to, we do not think that the service is trustworthy. This is the main reason we advise deleting the PUP.
How to remove My Email Checker Tab
You should not dread the removal of My Email Checker Tab. Even though it is tremendously suspicious, it is just an extension, and so eliminating it should be pretty much straightforward. All you have to do is erase the extension, and you can follow the steps shown below to achieve that. Of course, the data trackers employed by the PUP will not be eliminated at the same time. You have to take extra steps to get rid of them. Due to this, the instructions below also include steps that show how to clear browsing data. Do not skip them. Another option you might want to consider is automatic removal. Even if you know how to delete My Email Checker Tab yourself, perhaps there are other, more mysterious PUPs or threats active. Also, you might realize that it is high time you secured your system and browsers. In this case, we advise employing anti-malware software. Choose wisely, and you will be able to forget about your virtual security.
Removal Instructions
- Open Google Chrome and tap Alt+F.
- Click More tools and then Extensions.
- Remove the PUP.
- Tap Ctrl+Shift+Delete.
- Select a time range and boxes.
- Click Clear data.
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