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RandomWalk Tab

Posted: January 4, 2018

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 8/10
Infected PCs: 42
First Seen: April 19, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The RandomWalk Tab Chrome Extension found at hxxps://randomwalktab[.]com/? is offered to PC users under a freeware license. The Random Walk Tab application is promoted to provide Web surfers with a revamped new tab. The new tab by RandomWalk Tab is promoted to support a beautiful animation, fast dials for popular Web services and an integrated search bar. The RandomWalk Tab program may alter your new tab to Search.randomwalktab.com, which offers links to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Amazon, Booking, eBay and the most used Google services (YouTube, Maps and Drive). The search bar presented via Search.randomwalktab.com redirects users to the original version of Google, but PC users are not given the option to change the functionality and speed dials of the RandomWalk Tab.

You may be interested in learning that the RandomWalk Tab Extension is categorized as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). Moreover, Random Walk Tab is a clone of the Spirals New Tab Extension and the Star Trail Tab Extension. The layout of Search.randomwalktab.com is identical to spiralstab.com, spiralsnewtab.com, intostarstab.com, startrailtab.com, triplespiralwave.com, binaryspiraltab.com and triplespiralwave.com. The company behind RandomWalk Tab and its variants collects data like search keywords and Internet history to create a user profile and earn ad revenue through Google AdWords. There may be users who do not wish to share information about their activity on the Internet with a company that takes advantage of their data and deploys numerous versions of the same product. You might want to eliminate the RandomWalk Tab and restore your Internet browser configuration with the assistance of a credible anti-spyware scanner.

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