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MyTransitGuide

Posted: March 3, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 482
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 267,440
First Seen: March 3, 2015
Last Seen: October 17, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

MyTransitGuide is a piece of software offered by MyWay. It is identical to Driving Directions Home since it offers the same features, but there's one slight different apart from the name – MyTransitGuide is meant to promote a different website which will be automatically set as the browser's default new tab page as soon as the extension is installed. While the new tab page that MyTransitGuide introduces is not an unreliable one, you should keep in mind that browser add-ons that want to tamper with your browser's configuration are usually frowned upon.

The new tab page that MyTransitGuide promotes hosts a simple search feature which is accompanied by a weather widget and links to popular online maps, bus and train routes, and other similar websites and services. The search feature delivers results from Yahoo, so their reliability is not in question. However, please keep in mind that the MyWay.com search engine might be changed at any time, so we can't guarantee for its reliability in the long run.

If you have installed MyTransitGuide and you do not find its services useful, then you can proceed to remove it from your browser's add-on manager. If this does not work, you can also run a suitable PC security scanner which should be able to dispose of MyTransitGuide since this software is classified as a potentially unwanted program (PUP).

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

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MonitorSoftware\MyTransitGuide_b7SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{2f7155b9-0637-4af2-89fb-12f14eb8a6b5}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{3fab3adc-32fa-43e1-902c-2b96efafffd9}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{42f7c4a5-380f-4616-aaf4-bde093d1693d}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{aba8e0c8-9d21-4cea-9263-2564f3685998}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{c524ef5b-6e79-45c7-9c5d-e11495fd0690}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MyTransitGuide Search Scope MonitorSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\MyTransitGuide_b7SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\MyTransitGuide_b7ServiceSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\MyTransitGuide_b7ServiceSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\MyTransitGuide_b7ServiceHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}MyTransitGuide_b7bar Uninstall Internet Explorer

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\MyTransitGuide_b7%PROGRAMFILES%\MyTransitGuide_b7%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MyTransitGuide_b7%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\MyTransitGuide_b7%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\MyTransitGuide_b7
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