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[German]If you are using the Slimjet browser, you should be careful with the selection of the default search engine at the moment. Slimjet developers has buried a nasty trick behind the offered Bing search engine entry – there is a redirection to fpseek.com.
The Slimjet browser is a Google Chrome browser clone, that has been enriched with helpful additional functions like popup blocker etc. The browser can be downloaded free of charge from the website www.slimjet.com/en/. The developer of this browser is the Austin, Texas (USA), based software producer FlashPeak Inc. I had introduced Slimjet browser a while ago and wrote a German blog post Angetestet: Der Slimjet-Browser, ein Chrome-Clone with an introduction.
But something is ‘going on’ with Slimjet browser since version 18. Yesterday I reported a mysterious thing about Slimjet browser. The developers seems to installing something mysterious on selected user systems (see my blog post Is FlashPeak Inc. shipping Slimjet browser with a backdoor?). Today I like to address another ‘not so noble’ surprise found in Slimjet.
Search enging Bing is redirected via fpseek.com
In the Slimjet you can click in the upper right corner on the gear icon (settings) and go to Settings in the opened menu. Further options can be shown using the Advanced hyperlink visible at the bottom of the page. In the Omnibox group then you can switch between different search providers like Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and so on, using the address bar’s list box.
If you click on the triangle at the right margin of the Manage search engines option, you will reach the following page. There are the search engines, the search abbreviation and the query URL are listed.
And there is a rather strange query URL entered at search engine provider Bing (see the red arrow in the screenshot above). The URL points to fpseek.com and cannot be changed. My first thought: There is a browser hijacker that has changed the settings.
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Intention of the Slimjet developers!
A short search on the internet brought me to the Slimjet Privacy Policy website (see following picture).
And there I found the foot note:
The “Bing” search provider included in Slimjet is a sponsored search provider served from fpseek.com and powered by Microsoft’s Bing search engine. …
So if you want to use Bing as a search engine, you get fpseek.com without even noticing it. The provider ClientConnect Ltd. pays the Slimjet developers money to integrate its URL on fpseek.com.
What does the Internet say about fpseek?
Based on user comments within my German blog and the above text I searched the internet. On the page pcrisk.com there is an article Fpseek.com Redirect, which deals with the removal of fpseek.com. I didn’t provide the link because the site offers an obscure removal tool to keep your hands off. This is not the subject of the blog post. More interesting is the following quote on the pcrisk.com site, dealing with the question ‘how to remove fpseek.com’. I didn’t provide the link because the site offers an obscure removal tool to keep your hands off. This is not the subject of the blog post. More interesting is the following quote on the pcrisk.com site:
What is fpseek.com?
Developed by ClientConnect Ltd., fpseek.com is a fake Internet search engine that supposedly enhances the Internet browsing experience by generating improved search results. Initially, fpseek.com may appear legitimate and useful, however, this site is promoted via rogue download/installation set-ups designed to modify web browser settings without users’ permission. In addition, fpseek.com continually tracks Internet browsing activity by gathering various user/system information.
There is also this website, listing Client Connect LTD as ‘not trusted’.
What does Client Connect Ltd. say about this?
At this point it was clear that something was going on. So I kept researching. The fake search engine fpseek.com is offered by ClientConnected Ltd. On the Slimjet privacy page there is a link to fpseek.com’s privacy policy page. In a long text with a lot of capitalization (can hardly be read), you will find the following:
This Privacy Policy explains how the Company treats your information and protects your privacy when you Use the Software & Services and the rights and options available to you regarding your information. The Company believes that you have a right to know our practices regarding the information We may collect and use when you Use the Software & Services.
When you Use the Software & Services, We automatically generate an anonymous internal user ID which is assigned to your use of the Software & Services (the “User ID”) and may be combined with any of the above information including PII (as defined below).
The Company uses the information it collects for analytical, business and operational purposes in the following ways …
So buried in the text is the information that they track everything (supposedly anonymously, but there have been cases in the past where this anonymity could be undermined – and as an outsider I can’t judge whether the information is really true or just a statement on the web). Within the text, there is a hint that it is also a matter of data collection for business purposes.
to serve you with first and third party contextual and personalized content on first and third party websites and applications across your devices through the use of automated decision-making algorithms and processes that can process your PII and other information associated with your User ID, including through the delivery of targeted interest-based advertisements from us or our partners.
The provider uses the tracked information to rollout content from third-party sites and targeted advertising. It is somehow clear that the developers of the Slimjet browser have to finance themselves. But the whole thing is solved rather clumsily. With this in mind (and my yesterday article), I can no longer recommend Slimjet. At least you should avoid Bing as a search provider – and check every Slimjet update to see if anything has changed.
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How to Install FlashPeak Slimjet Browser + Download For Linux? Slimjet web browser is new coming web browser which is also run for Linux operating system. Slimjet uses Blink engine, the same engine used by Google Chrome does.
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Both Slimjet and Chrome are based on the same Chromium open-source project. Therefore, Slimjet and Chrome will have quite similar user interface. Compared with Chrome, Slimjet adds a lot more features and options on top of Chromium, to be more powerful and flexible.
Slimjet is a fast, smart and powerful web browser based on the Blink engine. It is built on top of the Chromium open source project, on which Google chrome is also based. Slimjet integrates a lot of powerful and convenient features to help users maximize their online productivity. Slimjet also includes many options and settings so that users can customize the browser to best suit their own personal preference.
Slimjet is built on top of the Chromium open-source project on which Google Chrome is also based. It enjoys the same speed and reliablity provided by the underlying blink engine as Google Chrome. However, many additional features and options have been added in Slimjet to make it more powerful, intelligent and customizable than Chrome.
In addition to that, Slimjet DOES NOT send any usage statistics back to Google’s server like Google Chrome, which is a growing concern for many Chrome users due to the ubiquitous presence and reach of the advertising empire.
Slimjet is compatible with all extensions and plugins designed for Google Chrome available from the Chrome web store.
How to Install Slimjet Browser on Linux
Since Slimjet web browser not coming yet to Software Center, you need to install Slimjet manually by following these steps:
- Download Slimjet latest versin from its website Click Here (choose the deb file file for easy install, and make sure you download for Linux version)
- Double click downloaded file and click “Install Package” button on window appeared!
- Enter your password if prompted, once you have finished you can open Slimjet after install by clicking Start Menu >> Internet >> Flash Peak Slimjet
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FlashPeak Slimjet adding more options and settings in Slimjet to make the browser more flexible and customizable. You can tune the browser appearance to your own personal taste or customize it to maximize your own personal productivity.
While Slimjet browser add so many additional options and settings, Slimjet add it in a way so that the user interface stays clean and simple. Advanced users can find what they always want while the basic users don’t get unnecessary distractions.
What is the difference for Slimjet, SlimBrowser and SlimBoat?
They are all web browser products from FlashPeak Inc but they are based on different engines.
- Slimjet is based on Blink engine (the engine behind Chrome from Google).
- SlimBrowser is based on Trident engine (the engine behind Internet Explorer from Microsoft).
- SlimBoat is based on the Qt-port of Webkit engine. The three browsers have a similar set of features.
Slimjet is the most robust and stable of the three and is most suitable for people who prefer a simple and clean user interface.
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SlimBrowser is suitable for people who prefer an advanced user interface with as many options as possible. SlimBoat has the smallest memory footprint and run across multiple platforms but might have compatibility issues with a few web sites due to the QtWebkit engine. Slimjet is also recommendation for Linux users.