MyStreamsSearch – What is it?

“MyStreamsSearch” search hijacker is a potentially unwanted application (PUA)¹, that is distributed as a plugin for your web browser. It is typically marketed as an add-on for Chrome or Firefox, that aids to browse some particular info, for instance, about sporting activity events, make your browser far more safe, enable downloading of any web video, et cetera. Also, this app adds the “Managed by your organization” feature (on Chrome browsers).

However, the “MyStreamsSearch” plugin is fairly useless due to the fact that all such features are already built-in to your web browser and/or Windows. Such advertising and marketing slogans are targeted at low-skilled computer users, like pensioners or schoolchildren. But sometimes even professional users are getting caught on such an attraction. In certain situations, this hijacker is spread together with free tools.

How harmful is MyStreamsSearch hijacker?

Besides its impracticality, MyStreamsSearch hijacker is additionally pretty harmful for browser usage. It changes your search engine to its particular – Mystreamssearch.com, and additionally modifies your background, putting its watermark on your background image (or, sometimes, altering it to default with the mentioned sign).

In addition to seeable modifications done by MyStreamsSearch hijacker, you may observe that a couple of your search inquiries are redirecting to the unknown sites, filled with web links and ads – so-called doorway websites. Such websites can consist of links for malware downloads. The possibility of redirecting boosts if you attempt to start Google search page by force.

But all these actions are a lot more bothersome than really destructive. The biggest danger, especially for individuals who have a considerable amount of secret information in their web browsers, is embedded in data collecting functionalities. Cookie files, chats, often-visited websites, and various other activities are easily gathered by MyStreamsSearch hijacker.