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Search.starttab.co

Posted: May 22, 2017

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 11
First Seen: May 22, 2017
OS(es) Affected: Windows


Search.starttab.co is a search engine that may be brought to your Web browser by an extension called 'Starttab.'. The Starttab add-on is compatible with the major browsers and its publisher, Polarity Technologies Ltd, claims that the installation of Starttab is bound to improve the users' Web browsing experience by providing them with a fresh new tab page, which features a collection of convenient features and links.

It is not a lie that Search.starttab.co features more than plain search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. Its visitors also will see a weather widget and a collection of bookmarks to popular websites. However, our visit to Search.starttab.co did not leave us satisfied because the website's search future appears to be dysfunctional and all we saw when trying to search for something was the error 'An error occurred while processing your request.' Even if this error is solved soon, we don't advise our readers to use a search engine that was introduced by a browser extension, especially when the search page in question is not always functioning as expected.

If you are being bothered by the Search.starttab.co because it was set as your default new tab page, then you'll be glad to hear that this problem can be solved by uninstalling the 'Starttab' extension from your Web browser's add-on manager. If manual removal does not work for some reason, then you can rely on security software to remove Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) like Starttab from your computer.

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