When you Use the Software & Services, We automatically generate an anonymous internal user ID which is assigned to your use of the Software & Services (the "User ID") and may be combined with any of the above information including PII (as defined below). The Company believes that you have a right to know our practices regarding the information We may collect and use when you Use the Software & Services. This Privacy Policy explains how the Company treats your information and protects your privacy when you Use the Software & Services and the rights and options available to you regarding your information. In a long text with a lot of capitalization (can hardly be read), you will find the following: On the Slimjet privacy page there is a link to 's privacy policy page. The fake search engine is offered by ClientConnected Ltd. say about this?Īt this point it was clear that something was going on. There is also this website, listing Client Connect LTD as 'not trusted'. In addition, continually tracks Internet browsing activity by gathering various user/system information. Initially, may appear legitimate and useful, however, this site is promoted via rogue download/installation set-ups designed to modify web browser settings without users' permission. More interesting is the following quote on the site:ĭeveloped by ClientConnect Ltd., is a fake Internet search engine that supposedly enhances the Internet browsing experience by generating improved search results. This is not the subject of the blog post. I didn't provide the link because the site offers an obscure removal tool to keep your hands off. More interesting is the following quote on the site, dealing with the question 'how to remove '. On the page there is an article Redirect, which deals with the removal of. What does the Internet say about fpseek?īased on user comments within my German blog and the above text I searched the internet. pays the Slimjet developers money to integrate its URL on. So if you want to use Bing as a search engine, you get without even noticing it. The "Bing" search provider included in Slimjet is a sponsored search provider served from and powered by Microsoft's Bing search engine. Intention of the Slimjet developers!Ī short search on the internet brought me to the Slimjet Privacy Policy website (see following picture). My first thought: There is a browser hijacker that has changed the settings. The URL points to and cannot be changed. There are the search engines, the search abbreviation and the query URL are listed.Īnd there is a rather strange query URL entered at search engine provider Bing (see the red arrow in the screenshot above). If you click on the triangle at the right margin of the Manage search engines option, you will reach the following page. In the Omnibox group then you can switch between different search providers like Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and so on, using the address bar's list box. Further options can be shown using the Advanced hyperlink visible at the bottom of the page. In the Slimjet you can click in the upper right corner on the gear icon (settings) and go to Settings in the opened menu. Today I like to address another 'not so noble' surprise found in Slimjet. shipping Slimjet browser with a backdoor?). The developers seems to installing something mysterious on selected user systems (see my blog post Is FlashPeak Inc. Yesterday I reported a mysterious thing about Slimjet browser. I had introduced Slimjet browser a while ago and wrote a German blog post Angetestet: Der Slimjet-Browser, ein Chrome-Clone with an introduction.īut something is 'going on' with Slimjet browser since version 18. The browser can be downloaded free of charge from the website The developer of this browser is the Austin, Texas (USA), based software producer FlashPeak Inc. The Slimjet browser is a Google Chrome browser clone, that has been enriched with helpful additional functions like popup blocker etc.
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