My Online Calendar is a threat classified as a browser hijacker. Currently, it might affect applications like Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. If you think it may have settled on your browser, we urge you to continue reading the article and get to know this program better. If you do so, we will explain to you why our researchers think the application is not worthy of your trust and why leaving it unattended could be possibly dangerous. Should you decide to follow our advice and eliminate My Online Calendar, we can also offer the recommended deletions steps available just below the article. Those who have more questions related to this browser hijacker can contact us as well by placing a comment just below the removal steps.
It appears to be the threat could be distributed with bundled software installers, doubtful advertising content, etc. Moreover, the researchers say My Online Calendar is quite similar to threats called Search.hfastpackagetracker.co, Search.searchlttrn.com, Search.yourpackagesnow.com, and other similar browser hijackers since once it gets in it may also change user’s homepage with a search engine created by an unreliable company called Polarity Technologies Ltd. No doubt, the application does so to encourage the user to surf the Internet with this search engine called Search.myonlinecalendar.co.
After reading the mentioned search engine's Privacy Policy and End User License Agreement documents, we learned the tool could show its users targeted advertising content. Thus, what the software’s creators might gain from you surfing the Internet with this application is advertising revenue. The worst part is that while clicking the ads might generate revenue for My Online Calendar’s developers, the users who click them could accidentally put their devices at risk. Apparently, the company cannot guarantee the third-party links you could encounter while searching with Search.myonlinecalendar.co will not be malicious or will not lead you to scam web pages. It means, there is a possibility some part of them could promote malware, fake lotteries or surveys, and so on. Naturally, if you strive to stay away from such content, it might be best to be extra cautious with the ads shown by the unreliable search engine. On the other hand, probably the safest option would be to erase the untrustworthy application and as a result get rid of the advertisements.
If you think removing My Online Calendar would be best as well, we encourage you to review our recommended deletions steps available below the article. They will explain how to reset the hijacked browser; all you need to do is pick the steps fit for your browsing application. Another way to deal with the browser hijacker is to acquire a trustworthy antimalware tool, set it to perform a system check-up, and press the removal button once it becomes available. In order to protect the computer from similar unreliable programs in the future, you may want to keep your chosen security tool updated so it would be capable of identifying newer threats as well.
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