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MyDrivingTab

Posted: July 25, 2016

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 7
First Seen: July 25, 2016
OS(es) Affected: Windows

MyDrivingTab is software that you may not wish to install on your PC. MyDrivingTab is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that displays some adware features. The developers of MyDrivingTab advertise it as an application that can provide accurate driving directions. According to their words, this tool will help you avoid heavy traffic by providing real-time data and alternative routes. In reality, however, MyDrivingTab relies solely on third-party sites that you can visit directly. The lack of helpful features is not the only reason to keep this PUP away from your PC. MyDrivingTab also may affect your browsers in a negative way. The application may create a toolbar in each of the available Web clients, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The unreliable software also may change the new tab screen, default search provider and homepage. MyDrivingTab may promote a shady search provider that displays loads of ads to make you visit its partner sites.

This suspicious application also may inject commercial materials of all kinds. As you surf the Web, you may encounter pop-ups, banners, embedded videos, interstitial ads and transitional ads. MyDrivingTab also may turn some words into hyperlinks, which you can distinguish from the other text by the double underlining. In some cases, MyDrivingTab may even transfer you towards affiliated sites automatically. The developers of this tool receive commissions for their service, but you may not benefit from this activity like them. Some of the promoted pages may be unsafe. They may encourage you to install harmful software cleverly disguised as an update for a popular program like Adobe or Java. Not all users who have MyDrivingTab on their PCs can recall installing it manually. The PUP also may enter hidden in a software bundle silently. If this questionable application received access to the PC without your knowledge or you are unhappy with its performance, you should consider deleting MyDrivingTab with dedicated security software.

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