Zeta-search.com
Posted: February 16, 2016
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.
Threat Level: | 5/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 47 |
First Seen: | February 16, 2016 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
If Zeta-search.com becomes your homepage automatically, it may indicate trouble. This unreliable search site is closely related to a Web add-on that functions as a browser hijacker. This tool may cause unauthorized modifications to the Web clients of the user to serve third-party interests. This extension may be compatible with Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Zeta-search.com also may compromise Internet Explorer as a Browser Helper Object (BHO). You may have installed Zeta-search.com after downloading a software bundle. Many cost-free applications may include third-party software in their installers for a certain commission. Unless you perform the setup procedure via the 'Advanced' menu and read the details, you may be unable to prevent their loading. If the browser hijacker related to Zeta-search.com enters, you may start seeing this search page regularly. You may not be successful if you attempt to set another site as your homepage. Zeta-search.com also may become the new tab screen. The hijacker sets Zeta-search.com as the default search provider, so Zeta-search.com will display the results if you perform the search by typing your terms in the address bar. There are more than a few reasons not to use Zeta-search.com, although it seems just like a reliable search platform. The true reason for the existence of this page is to advertise partner sites. Instead of listing the most accurate results, Zeta-search.com may show links to affiliate domains. The potential issues that follow this performance are two. First, you may start visiting irrelevant sites, which may waste your time. Second, some of the partner pages may try to trick or infect you. For example, they may attempt to deploy fake program updates or deceive you to dial bogus technical support agents. If you wish to stop seeing Zeta-search.com, you should delete the corresponding browser hijacker with professional security software.
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