False Positive - start.me

[nick-elms]

"start.me" is being blocked, but it's a normal homepage/landing page alternative, been using it for years. Virus total results are all clean:

[ShadowWhisperer]

start.me is considered a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) - Used to be a Search Engine Hijacker The extension was pulled from the Firefox add-ons page. StartMe requires addition extension in Firefox to even use it.

It appears it was blocked by Malwarebytes at one point.

I see it's available on the Play Store. A little suspicious that it hasn't been updated since 9/15/2020

I do not see a reason to whitelist this extension. I have 100+ of my own businesses users that run this list. Not worth the risk. I recommend whitelisting internally, if you choose to use it.

https://malwarefixes.com/how-to-remove-weknow-start-me-mac/ https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-weknow-start-me/ https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1183215 https://www.myantispyware.com/2017/07/16/how-to-remove-start-me-chrome-firefox-ie-edge/ https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/14437-weknow-start-me-redirect-mac https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/f6w23n/startme_can_we_trust_them/ https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/4e17xc/startme_chrome_extension_malware/ https://www.wipersoft.com/remove-start-me-redirect/

[spirillen]

Well I have it for Tracking (https://0xacab.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/67411) as they store and sells all your data

[nick-elms]

Seems like you guys are referring to the browser extension which is fine, do the same concerns exist on just the website as I alluded to?

[ShadowWhisperer]

The website itself is fine. Blocked to prevent users from downloading the extension, and whatever else is done in the background when the extension calls out to it.

[nick-elms]

ah ok makes sense ~the website was the intent behind opening this issue, I've never used the extensions