MySafeProxy

MySafeProxy is an add-on for Internet Explorer that claims that MySafeProxy provides security and privacy-enhancing browser functions, although malware experts have yet to validate these claims. Because of MySafeProxy finances itself as a product via the display of potentially unsafe advertising content, MySafeProxy is categorized as adware and a Potentially Unwanted Program.

Web-Browsing Safety at a Questionable Cost

MySafeProxy markets itself as a proxy server that can obfuscate your IP address, allow you renewed access to websites blocked by third parties or provide protection from advertising-tracking agents. Ironically, while malware researchers found minimal indications of MySafeProxy add-ons having any security benefits, they have noted that MySafeProxy injects automatic advertising content. By modifying unrelated Web pages and displaying these third-party advertisements automatically, MySafeProxy may cause some of the same problems that MySafeProxy claims to prevent, while simultaneously ignoring most standard advertisement-blocking functions.

As usual for adware of a similar stripe, MySafeProxy explicitly disclaims any responsibility towards the consequences of being exposed to these third-party advertisements. Based on circumstantial evidence, its advertisement content may include attempts to distribute other PUPs or threats through fake download updates and similar tactics.

While the extra search results, pop-ups and any other content MySafeProxy provides are not guaranteed to harm your PC, malware experts also came across additional risks from some MySafeProxy variants. A minority of MySafeProxy variants, frequently installed automatically, also have displayed excessive system resource usage, particularly for the affected machines' graphics cards. This symptom may be associated with BitCoin miners, which may permanently damage your hardware and cause general system instability.

Getting Rid of the Go-Between Between You and Your Browser

Although using well-selected security add-ons can make your browser safer than its default state, malware experts always advise researching any permanent-use add-ons carefully. MySafeProxy, in its turn, shows most of the hallmarks of conducting a standard adware campaign that generates advertising profits without providing significant benefits to its users. Meanwhile, variants of MySafeProxy that include digital currency miners always must be treated as nothing less than direct threats to your computer's health.

If they're using updated threat databases, competent anti-adware programs or security programs with anti-adware functions should be capable of uninstalling MySafeProxy safely. However, in light of the association of MySafeProxy adware with actual threatening software, you also may wish to run a full anti-malware scan afterward. As usual, typical methods of deleting MySafeProxy that would remove any benign software may fail to delete this add-on, despite its claims of being just a standard security product.

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