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MoviesWorld New Tab

Posted: February 22, 2018

Threat Metric

Ranking: 13,492
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 1,836
First Seen: January 6, 2016
Last Seen: October 8, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The MoviesWorld New Tab is a browser add-on by Theappzworld.com, which might be promoted with the help of misleading online advertisements. This extension appears to be compatible with Google Chrome only so that users of other browsers are unlikely to encounter the issues that the MoviesWorld New Tab's installation is known to cause.

Users might be convinced to install this add-on because it claims to give them the ability to enjoy their favorite TV series and movies thanks to free, online streams. However, this information is misleading, and the MoviesWorld New Tab will not provide you with access to free streams. Instead, it uses a new tab page to promote online streaming services such as Hulu, Netflix and others. In addition to this, its new tab page might contain links to popular online movie databases such as IMDB.

The MoviesWorld New Tab has been marked as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) by security product vendors so that you can rest assured that its removal will be recommended by any up-to-date anti-malware application. The MoviesWorld New Tab is not unsafe since the only notable changes it does is to replace Chrome's search aggregator with Search.theappzworld.com, and the new tab page with an alternative website. If you wish to revert the changes brought by the MoviesWorld New Tab's installation, then you should proceed to remove this add-on either manually or with the assistance of suitable cyber security software.

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The following URL's were detected:
www.theappzworld.com
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