MapsGalaxy Toolbar
Posted: September 10, 2013
Threat Metric
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% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Ranking: | 196 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 817,878 |
First Seen: | September 10, 2013 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Mapsgalaxy Toolbar is a Potentially Unwanted Program from Mindspark, which is responsible for releasing numerous similar toolbars that are promoted as adding useful functions to popular web browser applications. While the Mapsgalaxy Toolbar does provide weather forecasts, online map resources and similar features as its marketing claims, the Mapsgalaxy Toolbar also makes browser changes to promote its affiliate sites that enable the Mapsgalaxy Toolbar to track your Web-browsing behavior that some computer users may find to be unnecessary.
The Mapsgalaxy Toolbar is a toolbar oriented towards pointing users to popular map websites like Google Maps with the user's input. Although the Mapsgalaxy Toolbar does perform these functions as stated, the Mapsgalaxy Toolbar also is part of the MyWay family of toolbars – meaning that the Mapsgalaxy Toolbar also has some additional ‘features’ in store for anyone who installs the Mapsgalaxy Toolbar. A default Mapsgalaxy Toolbar installation always may change Chrome's new tab page to http://hp.myway.com/mapsgalaxy/ttab02 with the sole purpose is forcing you to visit this page whenever you open a new tab. Apart from modifying the browser's settings, the MapsGalaxy Toolbar may also gather information about search queries used in http://hp.myway.com/mapsgalaxy/ttab02 or the toolbar's search field.
The Mapsgalaxy Toolbar and similar toolbars from its family often (but not exclusively) use software bundlers and other installation methods that may not require your consent or make it obvious that a toolbar is installing itself. There are no recent cases in which the MapsGalaxy Toolbar was spotted in a bundle, so there's a significant chance that this product's distribution may rely mostly on online ads.
Aliases
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
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accding to my records I have mapsgalaxy....
I just don't know how to go to that and get a simple direction of an address. PLEASE help!!
been trying for hrs to use maps galexy which i have installed. but not now
How do I remove the "Mapsgalaxy" and "0nlineMapFinder" tool bars??? Help!
please unstall mapsgalaxy
do not need have not used
I want to delete mapsgalaxy how do I do this?
do not need! storno
Do not need and not using
Installed but unable to get to come up so I can get it for directions so please remove thank you
17 please remove this from my computer
This is not my computer and it said i have mapgalaxy but it would pull up maps. It is not my duplicate comment. Could it be that everyone is having the same problem?
I want Galaxy maps removed from my computer. Thank you
All I did was go to mapquest and I got this mapsGalaxy. It changed my tool bar! How do get rid of this mapsGalaxy
and go back to what I had before without paying for it?
Please remove the map galaxy from my tool bar, etc. I do not need this and don't desire to have it. It has caused a lot of problems with my computer.
please remove this from my computer....not downloaded by me.
please uninstall mapsgalaxy and toolbar and any thing else to do with it from my compiter as I think it is causing problems with my computer and I don't want it. Thank you. I can not find it anywhere to uninstall it or even in my programs.
Dear god pleae help me uninstall these mapgalaxy downloads
I want to get this uninstalled. Right now please.
remove mapsgalaxy from my computer
I just want to get maps without the max galaxy tool bar jamming up my web browser. Show me how.
Thia mapsgalaxy is sooooooooooo bad! Cannot get a map for directions, it gave me a virus. I uninstalled it and all it did was uninstall the toolbar! I cannot get a freaking map on my computer because it tells me I have already installed the mapsgalaxy..which I uninstalled! I wish I could press charges against this company or something! Even if you go to Yahoomaps.com......MAPSGALAXY wants you to install their toolbar! So now, I cannot find a map for directions! And everyone wants money to fix the problem! They installed it! They should remove it! Besides all that, every website for maps wants you to download mapsgalaxy toolbar! We all are now screwed over this mapsgalaxy and I wish I could contact the company and let them know how I feel about it and make them remove it permanently from my computer. Thanks for reading my rants! I hope everyone else has better luck than I did! Have a nice day!
Please remove everything associated with Galaxy maps from my computer immediately!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
take this off i do not need maps galaxy
need help to remove tool bar mapsgalaxy
Just remove. It is a bad, bad and wast of time
PLEASE REMOVE MAPSGALAXY FROM MY COMPUTER,THANKYOU.
remove max galaxy. return to google chrome
unable to connect. Do not need
Iwant maps galaxy removed. I was only asking for directions on Google Maps and do not want this program on my computer
Need to remove this from my computer. did not request it and don't want it.
Please remove this. It won't allow me to do my programs easily.
Please remove as I do not need this.
do not want this, please delete
remove mapsgalaxy toolbar, program and anything to do with this site
Please remove this galaxy maps and anything to do with this from my browser thanks! I can't access my email links, it goes straight to this page every single time. SO FRUSTRATING
I want maps galaxy and toolbar uninstalled off my computer NOW. Please help.