Discover My Ancestry

Discover My Ancestry is a themed browser extension for those who are interested in finding out more about their ancestors and creating their family tree. The extension adds a toolbar featuring links to related websites and changes the home page and new browser tabs so that the user is always provided with discovermyancestry.com. The toolbar offered by the extension also features a search box and a button enabling users to access local weather forecasts and read the latest news. Yet, the extension Discover My Ancestry has some undesirable properties that could have some negative effect on its users. The extension is coded to access information on different websites and manage browser applications and other extensions, which is absolutely unnecessary to ensure that the user effectively uses the service of Discover My Ancestry.

Because of the devious tactics used to obtain information about the user, Discover My Ancestry is categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP). Programs that belong to this category may have their official websites or be promoted on freeware sharing websites. Discover My Ancestry is available on dicsovermyancestry.com and in the Chrome Web Store, which contain numerous browser extensions and application aimed at making your online experience more enjoyable. However, among all those attractive applications, you could find some deceptive applications whose features would be easily ascribed to the features of PUPs. If you ever going to download a browser app from this website, be sure that you select a trustworthy application.

The extension offering you access to genealogical websites also makes users browse the Internet through the Yahoo search. Discover My Ancestry does not change the default search provider of the browser, but if the search box provided by the startup page and new browser tabs is used, each search is redirected through query.discovermyancestry.com and then Yahoo-based search results are displayed.

By installing Discover My Ancestry onto your Chrome browser, you agree to be monitored on every website you access. The extension may record your preferences, search terms, and other non-personally identifiable information. This information is usually gathered for marketing purposes. The more information the extension gathers, the easier it is for some third parties to determine your interests and provide you with commercial offers matching your interests. To monitor your online behavior, different monitoring techniques, including cookies and web beacons, could be used by Discover My Ancestry and affiliated third parties.

There are numerous programs operating in the same way even though the official services offered to the user differ. In order to prevent similar episodes in the future, pay more attention to the software you choose for your PC. The Internet is full of sleazy software which is spread using different methods, such as phishing emails, drive-by downloads, bundled downloads, brute-force RDP attacks, to mention just a few. It is important to be attentive to the different content you are faced with, so do not trust questionable emails and pop-ups offering system scanner or other questionable services or software. Moreover, keep the operating system updated and shielded from malware so that you can browse the Internet freely.

When it comes to removing the extension Discover My Ancestry, you have two options. Below you will find our removal guide that will help you uninstall the extension. However, by restricting yourself to only this option, you remain without protection against malicious programs. Hence, we encourage you not only to remove Discover My Ancestry but also implement a reputable security tool. The first part can be skipped by simply installing a program that can terminate the unwanted extension, so if you want to have a malware-free system and browse the Internet safely, take action right now.

How to remove Discover My Ancestry

1. Click the menu button with three dots in the top right of the browser.
2. Click the option More tools and select Extensions.
3. Uninstall the undesirable extension.