Globososo Virus

Posted: April 10, 2013

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

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.

Threat Level:	5/10
Infected PCs:	138

First Seen:	April 10, 2013
Last Seen:	January 25, 2019
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Globososo.com is a search engine portal that claims to organize results from popular search engines for your searches, along with also collecting some types of non-confidential information from its visitors. Although Globososo.com only was registered recently and, therefore, lacks a significant business history for analysis, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers haven't found any reason to rate Globososo.com as a malicious site. However, because there have been cases of browser hijackers causing undesirable redirects to Globososo.com, you should consider any redirecting of your browser to Globososo.com without your consent to be a potential symptom of infection by malicious software. When deleting browser hijackers for Globososo.com, or, in fact, any other site, normally you should use any good anti-malware programs that are available to remove both the corresponding software and any undesirable changes to your settings (such as Hosts file modifications).

The Reasons Why You Might Not Be So Glad to See Globososo.com in Your Browser

Registered early in 2013, Globososo.com's short history hasn't shown Globososo.com to have any proclivity towards promoting harmful web content, and, as far as SpywareRemove.com malware research team can discern, Globososo.com appears to do what Globososo.com says Globososo.com does – gather results from popular search sites and display them in consolidated lists. Another fact that's worthy of a mention is that Globososo.com includes advertisements that, while clearly marked, are unlikely to be used in the original results provided by the real search engines that Globososo.com consolidates.

Even though Globososo.com isn't particularly dangerous, Globososo.com has featured in malware attacks involving unwanted modifications to web-browsing settings. Malware researchers still are working on finding the infection routes that these browser hijackers use to install themselves, but, in the meantime, a Globososo.com browser hijacker infection can be recognized by attributes like the following:

Redirects to Globososo.com when you try to use your default search engine or click on a search engine's results.
Forcing your homepage to be locked to Globososo.com.
Being redirected to Globososo.com when you load any unrelated sites.
Experiencing keyword-based links for Globososo.com being inserted into site content that usually doesn't have links (such as typical text articles like this one).

Depending on how the attacks are implemented, any browser redirects to Globososo.com may trigger in specific browsers or in all browsers in general. Given the newness of both Globososo.com and browser hijackers that seek to promote Globososo.com, SpywareRemove.com malware experts warn that having updated security/anti-malware software may be very necessary to have a chance of detecting or removing Globososo.com-related PC threats.

Of course, browser hijackers, including those that redirect you to sites like Globososo.com, always are harmful and should be removed with anti-malware software whenever they're spotted. However, SpywareRemove.com malware experts also recommend taking the time to identify legitimate browser redirects to Globososo.com, which may be caused by freeware applications that include optional browser changes. Any legitimate security program will consent that you to single out of these Globososo.com promotional efforts, which distinguishes them from browser hijackers that will implement their changes without your consent and refuse to be deleted by conventional methods.

Globososo Virus

Threat Metric

The Reasons Why You Might Not Be So Glad to See Globososo.com in Your Browser

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