BlooTab
Posted: May 1, 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: | 17,371 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 2,377 |
First Seen: | May 1, 2017 |
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Last Seen: | September 18, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
BlooTab is a browser extension that promises to improve the users' Web browsing experience by introducing them to an improved new tab page that will help them navigate the Web better, search more efficiently, and gain quick access to a variety of tools and popular websites. However, the true purpose of the extension is to simply bring more traffic to the search engine that the authors own. This can boost the search engine ranking of their website, as well as improve their ad revenue due to the significantly larger number of regular visitors. It may not be recommended to install BlooTab since this software may not offer anything of value.
Tthe installation of BlooTab may sometimes occur without the user's knowledge, because this extension may be featured in software bundles that offer users to install this browser utility. If this has happened to you and you think that the installation of BlooTab was an accidental mistake, then you might be interested in learning how to get rid of this program. The good news is that BlooTab is not unsafe, and many anti-virus vendors have categorized this application as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). A software of this sort does not exhibit unsafe behavior, and the worst it can do is annoy some users by applying changes to their settings or performing other non-harmful activities.
The removal of BlooTab can be taken care of via your primary Web browser's extension manager, but you also can carry out this task with the assistance of a credible anti-virus tool.
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