Do you know what Spinyon is?
Spinyon is a browser extension that promises access to pictures, videos, news, and search tools. In order to do so the add-on’s creators may claim that it needs to change your default search engine. Also, while providing the earlier mentioned content, the application might gather information about your browsing habits. Since such functionality could be undesirable, the extension was classified as a potentially unwanted program. We recommend reading the rest of this report if you want to learn more about how it works, how to erase it, or how it might be spread. If you are interested only in the potentially unwanted program’s deletion, we advise checking the removal guide available below this text. You can also ask us questions in the comments section if you want to know anything else about Spinyon.
Spinyon is available on the Chrome Web Store page and its official website called portal.spinyon.com. However, the application was classified as a potentially unwanted program, so it is possible that it could be distributed through pop-ups, ads, and file-sharing websites like many other tools belonging to the mentioned category. Therefore, to avoid potentially unwanted programs researchers recommend not to install tools before finding more information about them and ensuring that they come from reliable sources. Also, it is always a good idea to check out expert and user reviews or any other information that could help you understand if a tool is reliable or not.
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The potentially unwanted program seems to be working just on Google Chrome for now. If you install Spinyon, the application may ask your permission to change your Google Chrome’s default search engine to a search website named feed.spinyon.com. What you should know about this search website is that it might employ the Yahoo search engine to bring you search results. Consequently, you might be redirected to search.yahoo.com every time that you start a new search with the add-on’s search tool. Also, we mentioned earlier that the extension could gather data related to your browsing habits. Our researchers say that the application might do so by viewing a user’s browsing history because the add-on might require a permission to “read your browsing history.”
Information available in a user’s browsing history can show his search keywords, clicked ads, visited websites, and other data that could reveal his interests. Such data could be used to display tailored ads. We do not say that Spinyon will necessarily do so, but it is possible it could as its Privacy Policy says that the extension can use collected information to: “Recommend content based on your preferences.”
If you decide you do not need an application like Spinyon on your browser, you could erase it. There are a couple of ways to delete a browser extension that is classified as a potentially unwanted program. One if it is to go to your browser’s extensions menu, find the undesirable add-on, and delete it from there. If you need a removal guide to complete this task, you can find it a bit below this paragraph. The other way to eliminate Spinyon is to get a reputable antimalware tool. Scan your computer with it and after the scan you should be able to erase all identified items at the same time.
Delete Spinyon
- Open Google Chrome.
- Insert chrome://extensions into the address bar and press Enter.
- Search for Spinyon and click Remove.
- If needed, confirm that you wish to Remove it.
- Close your browser.
In non-techie terms:
Spinyon is a browser extension that can be used by Google Chrome users. It offers a search website that is said should allow users to access videos, pictures, and content alike. While providing this the application can change users browsing preferences as well as view their browsing history. Thus, the add-on was classified as a potentially unwanted program. Such tools might not be malicious, but users should know that they can have undesirable functions. If the add-on’s functionality has disappointed you, or you do not want to keep this extension for any other reason you could eliminate it at any time. One of the ways to get rid of this potentially unwanted program is to scan your system with a reliable antimalware tool. The other way is to erase Spinyon manually from your browser; you can learn how to do this by following the removal guide available above this paragraph.