Zip4NewTab Chrome Extension
Posted: November 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.
Threat Level: | 1/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 12 |
First Seen: | November 6, 2017 |
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Last Seen: | February 24, 2020 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Zip4NewTab Chrome Extension has been identified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) whose developer is linked to a large number of other dubious add-ons and applications, which are not as useful as their websites may claim. In the case of Zip4NewTab Chrome Extension, Chrome users are offered to install an add-on, which allows them to create and manage ZIP archives from their new tabs directly. However, what the add-on's description might not mention is that users who want to install Zip4NewTab Chrome Extension must authorize the extension to tamper with Google the Chrome's configuration.
While the settings that the Zip4NewTab Chrome Extension brings are not harmful, some users are likely to find them annoying because they might force them to use a new tab page and homepage that is not as good as Google, Bing, Yahoo, or other typical websites that are used as the homepage. The site that Zip4NewTab Chrome Extension promotes is found on a modified version of 4newtab.com. While the search feature found there functions fairly reliably, its visitors might be exposed to special ads and offers that they are not likely to enjoy.
We assure you that you do not need a 3rd-party Chrome extension to work with ZIP archives, and you can achieve this by using a stand-alone and reliable archive managing application. If you are interested in getting rid of Zip4NewTab Chrome Extension, then you can take care of this task either manually, or by using a suitable security utility.
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