Do you know what Plenty O' Apps is?
Plenty O' Apps is a browser extension that might change your homepage and new tap page with a website called hp.hplentyoapps.com. The site provides a search box and a few links to websites with weather forecasts, news, and so on. What you should know is that if you insert keywords into the provided search box, you might get redirected to a modified Yahoo search engine, which means the displayed results could differ from the ones you would get if you searched directly through search.yahoo.com. Also, if you are very careful when it comes to sharing even anonymous data, you should know that the extension might view your browsing history. To learn even more about it, we invite you to read the rest of this report. If you decide not to keep it on your system, we can help you delete Plenty O' Apps with our removal guide placed at the end of the main text.
Plenty O' Apps Could be downloaded from the Chrome Web Store page or from the extension’s homepage. However, since it was classified as a potentially unwanted program PUP), we believe that it could be spread through bundled software installers, pop-ups, or ads. Meaning that there is a possibility that you could come across this browser extension by downloading other similar tools from file-sharing websites or by interacting with pop-ups or ads.
For those of you who do not want to have PUPs or similar applications, we recommend being more cautious when installing new software, especially if it comes from questionable sources. You should always confirm that your chosen applications come from reputable developers. It means that the tool’s creators should be known for developing reliable tools. If there is almost no information about the developer or researchers say that the company creates unreliable programs, it might be best not to trust its products.
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The application is described as an extension that allows you to “Search and discover apps on the web directly from your new tab page!” Truth be told you can always discover applications on the Internet by typing specific keywords directly into your browser’s address bar or a search box provided by Google, Yahoo, or any other reputable search engine. Plenty O' Apps lets users look for applications by placing a toolbar with links to websites that could offer tools. Also, as said in the beginning, the PUP might change your homepage and new tab page with a website called hp.hplentyoapps.com that provides a search box, which redirects to a modified Yahoo search engine.
Moreover, while you use the extension’s toolbar or its search website, the application could be reading your browsing history. It appears Plenty O' Apps might ask for permission to do so upon its installation. If you read the tool’s Privacy Policy statements, you can see that the data it gathers could be used for various purposes, for example, to help “third parties, such as advertisers and publishers, to connect with you to promote advertising in their apps and websites.” It means, the PUP could share the information it gathers with third parties to help them create tailored advertisements. If you cannot stand targeted ads and do not want this extension to assist third parties with creating such content, you could delete Plenty O' Apps in two ways.
You could try to erase it directly from your browser’s extensions menu. Users who need any help with this task, can use the removal guide available below. It shows how to eliminate the extension from Google Chrome, because, currently, it is the only browser that the tool works on. The other way to remove this PUP is to scan your system with a reputable antimalware tool that could delete it for you.
Erase Plenty O' Apps
- Open Google Chrome.
- Insert chrome://extensions into the address bar and press Enter.
- Search for Plenty O' Apps and click Remove.
- Click Remove to finish.
- Close your browser.
In non-techie terms:
Plenty O' Apps is a browser extension that might change Google Chrome’s homepage and new tab page with a website that redirects to a modified Yahoo search engine. Such functionality could be undesirable, which is one of the reasons why this application was classified as a potentially unwanted program (PUP). Some users might also find it annoying that the extension could view their browsing history. Even if the tool takes data that could not identify them or be tracked back to users, some people do not like the idea that it could be used to serve targeted advertising content. It is possible that this extension could show targeted third-party ads because its Privacy Policy mentions it. If you decide you do not want to keep this PUP, you could erase it by completing the steps listed in our removal guide that is available above. Also, you could get a reputable antimalware tool and let it erase Plenty O' Apps for you.