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Search.startjoytabsearch.com

Posted: February 3, 2017

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 15
First Seen: February 3, 2017
Last Seen: November 13, 2018
OS(es) Affected: Windows


Search.startjoytabsearch.com is a search page associated with the 'Start Joy New Tab' browser extension. This software is meant to improve the users' ability to navigate the Web by providing them with quick access to various online content such as TV series, movies, news, games, updates on recent events, etc. However, the Start Joy New Tab software does this in a rather weird manner – it replaces the Web browser's default new tab page with Search.startjoytabsearch.com. This search page features quick links to the content mentioned above, as well as links to popular Web destinations like IMDB, Netflix, Amazon, eBay, Twitter, etc.

Having the Search.startjoytabsearch.com set as your default new tab page is not a major issue since the website is not associated with potentially harmful actions. Even the search feature is reliable since it always redirects users to a search engine results page provided by Yahoo. However, users who are fans of Google or Bing may not be happy with the fact that they'll see Yahoo's search results for as long as they use Search.startjoytabsearch.com. Although this software is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP), it's removal is not mandatory since it does not exhibit threatening behavior.

Users who do not wish to see Search.startjoytabsearch.com whenever they open a new tab or don't think that the 'Start Joy New Tab' browser add-on is useful, should take the required action to remove it. Since Start Joy New Tab is not a threat, most users might be able to remove it manually via the extension manager of their primary Web browser. If this does not work, then there's always the alternative of an automatic option – running a reputable computer security application.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathhttp_search.startjoytabsearch.com_0.localstorage
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