Searchfort Plus Search
Posted: December 6, 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: | 18,247 |
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Threat Level: | 8/10 |
Infected PCs: | 68 |
First Seen: | June 1, 2022 |
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Last Seen: | September 16, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Searchfort Plus Search may be promoted via various ads, which may tell you that this is a browser-enhancing utility that can improve the quality of your Web searches greatly. However, installing the Searchfort Plus Search will not do this and, instead, the only notable change you may notice is that all of your searches will be redirected through Searchfortplus.com. While this action is not harmful, the advice is to stay away from software and browser add-ons that demand to tamper with your browser's settings in the way the Searchfort Plus Search does. The search aggregator that this extension set is Searchsoftplus.com, and it appears to bring results from the Yahoo Search.
A quick search among the domains related to Searchsoftplus.com reveals that the publisher of the Searchfort Plus Search also may be behind a similar extension titled Searchsoft Pro Search, which can be found on Searchsoftpro.com and applies the same changes to the user's Web browser.
While the Searchfort Plus Search is not harmful, it is recommended to remove it if it is installed on your computer. The add-on does not offer any useful features, and there is no guarantee that its searches will continue to provide reputable results via Yahoo. Since the Searchfort Plus Search is not unsafe, it can be removed via your browser's add-on manager manually. However, if you don't want to try removing it manually, then you can use a trustworthy security tool to accomplish the task automatically.
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