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Search.easytelevisionaccess.com

Posted: December 22, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 19,855
Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 471
First Seen: December 22, 2015
Last Seen: December 18, 2024
OS(es) Affected: Windows


The Easy Television Access is a browser extension that appears to be the product of Polarity Technologies LTD and Eightpoint Technologies LTD. Both of these companies are linked to a large number of browser utilities that claim to provide features with access to various extras that they would otherwise need to search for. As the name of the Easy Television Access suggests, users who install it are likely to be looking for a quick way to watch some popular TV channels directly from their Web browser. It is important to mention that the Easy Television Access may not host any of the TV streams it promotes and, in addition to this, many TV channel streams may be pirated so that users should think twice before getting involved in an activity of this sort.

The installation of the Easy Television Access simply provides users with quick links to various pages and services that may give them the opportunity to watch TV from their browser. However, in addition to this, the installation of the Easy Television Access also may require users to permit the extension to modify their default new tab page. The website that the Easy Television Access promotes is http://search.searchetan.com, a search engine that features the typical design used by other pages related to products of Polarity Technologies and Eightpoint Technologies. Thankfully, the search feature hosted there appears to be reliable for now, and users will be served with the search results provided by Yahoo.com. In addition to searching the Web, users who opt to use the Easy Television Access's new tab page also will see a collection of links to popular Web destinations alongside a weather widget.

The Easy Television Access is removed as a Potentially Unwanted Program by multiple anti-virus product vendors so that using such a tool to uninstall this software is possible. However, it is not mandatory to use 3rd-party utilities to remove the Easy Television Access since this task can be carried out via your default Web browser's extension manager. Just go there, find the 'the Easy Television Access' entry and uninstall it.

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The following URL's were detected:
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