FullTab New Tab
Posted: January 5, 2017
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Ranking: | 1,902 |
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Threat Level: | 5/10 |
Infected PCs: | 82,522 |
First Seen: | August 12, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
FullTab New Tab is a dubious browser extension that malware researchers identify as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). The installation of FullTab New Tab does bring some new features to the user's Web browser, such as an integrated to-do list, as well as the ability to change the default background of the browser's homepage. However, the latter is only possible if the user opts to use Fulltabsearch.com, the homepage that the FullTab New Tab is programmed to promote. By agreeing to install the FullTab New Tab software, users also authorize it to change their new tab page and homepage to Fulltabsearch.com. While this action is certainly not threatening, it is unwanted, to say the least since it may cripple the user's ability to navigate the Web efficiently. The Fulltabsearch.com page that this extension promotes does not rely on any of the reputable search algorithms and, instead, uses a unique search algorithm to deliver results to its visitors. Often, these results may be topped by sponsored links or 3rd-party ads that might not always be relevant to the user's search.
The FullTab New Tab browser extension may be promoted via low-quality pages such as Alldownloads.motioned.xyz and Alldownloads.annulate.xyz. Both of these pages may appear in your Web browser when you visit a low-quality website, or if you have aggressive adware on your computer. Regardless of the reason why they may show, it goes without saying that you should never agree to the installation of extensions that you randomly came across while browsing anything different from the official browser extension repository of Chrome, Firefox or Opera.
If you don't wish to continue using FullTab New Tab's services, then there are two ways to remove this application from your PC. The old school method involves manual uninstallation, which may be completed either from your Web browser's settings or the Windows Control panel. The simpler and more efficient method to deal with PUPs is to run a suitable anti-malware tool since software of this sort also may be able to remove less threatening applications such as PUPs, adware and browser hijackers.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
File name without pathhttp_fulltab.com_0.localstoragehttp_fulltab.com_0.localstorage-journalhttp_search.fulltabsearch.com_0.localstorage
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