You understand that CyberGhost undertakes no responsibility for your actions. Reading through the Terms and Conditions, I did find this excerpt: While CyberGhost focused on privacy and security from day one, Crossrider started out as a company that distributed browser extensions and developed ad tech products. Quite the opposite of what we did. The decision to rename the company, explains Erlichman was due to the strong association to the past activities of the company as well as the need to enhance the consumer facing brand for the business.ĬyberGhost even hinted at this ironic conflict of interest in their blog post: ![]() With such a troubling history, it appears that the parent company attempted to distance itself from its own past. In 2018, Crossrider decided to change its name to Kape Technologies.Īs the CEO admitted here, the name change was an attempt to distance Kape from shady “past activities”: installs are typically triggered by bundlers that offer software you might be interested in and combine them with adware or other monetizing methods.Īccording to Malwarebytes and many other reputable online security websites, Crossrider was hiding malware in software bundlers, which would then infect the user’s computer with “adware or other monetizing methods”. Crossrider not only targets Windows machines but Macs as well. Targeted browsers are Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and sometimes Opera. ![]() The installers usually resort to browser hijacking. The common method to infect end-users is software bundlers. When you research the company Crossrider, you find numerous articles about Crossrider malware and adware, such as this article from Malwarebytes:Ĭrossrider offers a highly configurable method for its clients to monetize their software. When you research the company Crossrider (now Kape) you learn it is a company known for infecting devices with malware. In 2017 Knapp sold CyberGhost to an Israeli company called Crossrider for €9.2 million.Ĭrossrider changed its name to “Kape Technologies” in 2018 – for reasons that we’ll explain below.
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