WebNavigator

Unwanted Chromium browser promoted through ads (notably on sites for parents and teachers) that sets itself as default, runs in the background and hijacks searches to ad-heavy Yahoo pages.

Facts

Developer

Better Cloud Solutions LTD

Website

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Engine

Blink

Derived from

Chromium

Platforms

Windows

Popularity

50/100 — Estimate: widespread PUP in late 2020 (Malwarebytes, CrowdStrike), no figures

Sources

1. https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2020/11/webnavigator-chromium-browser-published-by-search-hijackers
2. https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/webnavigationbrowser-adware-analysis-and-recommendations/