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ThePresidentSays Extension

Posted: June 28, 2018

ThePresidentSays Extension by Mindspark Interactive Network is a browser add-on, which is meant to provide users with the latest news and updates that the President of the United States shares via his Twitter profile. While this might be a cool way to stay up-to-date with the latest news from US politics, the ThePresidentSays Extension can only provide you with this feature if you permit it to apply changes to your browser's settings. The changes in question are dependent on the Web browser type you use entirely:

  • Google Chrome users will have their new tab page changed to hxxps://hp.myway.com/thepresidentsays/ttab02chr/index.html.
  • Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer users will have both their new tab and homepage set to hxxps://hp.myway.com/thepresidentsays/ttab02chr/index.html.

While these changes are minor and don't pose a threat to you, it is understandable why many users would consider them to be intrusive and undesired. It is clear that ThePresidentSays Extension's features are rather lackluster and its primary purpose seems to be to generate traffic for the website listed above. You can access the president's Twitter profile easily by using your browser's bookmark bar – an action that will not require you to install 3rd-party software that tampers with your browsing habits.

If you have added the ThePresidentSays Extension and you are wondering how to remove it, then you should know that you can carry out this task manually (via your browser's add-on manager), or with the assistance of credible PC security software.

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