Search.chunckapp.com

Posted: January 24, 2017

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.

Ranking:	17,343
Threat Level:	5/10
Infected PCs:	148

First Seen:	January 24, 2017
Last Seen:	July 27, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Search.chunckapp.com is a search engine that is not associated with any suspicious or potentially threatening behavior. However, users who stumble upon Search.chunckapp.com should keep in mind that the search results that 3rd-party search aggregators like this provide, may often be entirely different when compared to the search results displayed by Google, Bing, Yahoo, and other reputable Web search services. In the case of Search.chunckapp.com, the website does not use a custom-built search algorithm and, instead, runs all search queries through the Snap.do search engine. The Snap.do search service is not unreliable, but users who are fans of Google, Bing, or Yahoo may not be satisfied with the quality of the search results. In addition to this, Snap.do's results page also may feature ads, sponsored search results, and other marketing content whose purpose is to promote various products, services and websites.

Due to Search.chunckapp.com's low popularity, it is not likely that any users will volunteer to use this search engine on a regular basis. This is why the owners of Search.chunckapp.com may attempt to use browser hijackers to attract more visitors, with or without their consent. The Search.chunckapp.com hijackers may travel with software bundles or as stand-alone applications, which claim to improve the user's Web browsing experience by providing them with quick access to various services and features. However, the common thing between these dubious extensions is that they always want the user to authorize them to change the Web browser's default new tab page to Search.chunckapp.com. By doing so, the hijacker ensures that every affected user will end up visiting Search.chunckapp.com hundreds of times per month. Often, these hijackers may be installed silently, and users might have no clue why their favorite new tab page was replaced by Search.chunckapp.com suddenly.

If you are one of the computer users who started seeing Search.chunckapp.com on a daily basis, even though you had never heard of this page a week ago, then it might be in your best interest to resolve this annoying issue and restore your Web browser's regular configuration. Since the extension linked to the Search.chunckapp.com browser hijacker may use various names, manual removal might prove to be a difficult task. If you can't identify and uninstall the faulty extension, then you should carry out this operation with the assistance of a reputable anti-malware program.

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