Browseextended Ads
Posted: March 10, 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: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 227 |
First Seen: | March 10, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | July 13, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Browseextended is an adware plugin that may apply to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. You should think carefully before installing it because this small app may create various issues. Browseextended may inject vast amounts of pop-ups, banners, interstitial ads or embedded multimedia files in the Web pages that you open. The existence of these commercial materials may disrupt the performance of your browsers. The ads also may annoy you because they may overlay essential page elements or navigation tools. Although this adware has an official page, you cannot download it from there because the download button is corrupted. The developers of this suspicious add-on may rely on sneaky methods to spread it. They may include their questionable product in software bundles, where the main program is usually with a cost-free license. Some users may press the 'I agree' buttons without reading the details. Thus, they may agree to install Browseextended unwillingly. Those who perform the setup process via the 'Advanced' guide, however, may still agree to load the adware expecting it to improve their online sessions. The authors of this extension promote it as a shopping assistant that will give you access to enhanced content. The real motivation of the adware is to redirect you to sponsored third-party domains in exchange for referral commissions. One of the steps Browseextended undertakes to achieve its mission is to interfere with your search results. It may replace the search provider with a low-quality alternative that may display manipulated results. The adware also may include sponsored links above the best-matching results even when you use Google or Bing. It is not advisable to visit its partner sites for security reasons. Some of them may be associated with unsafe software or online hoaxes. Browseextended may cause annoying speed drops or glitches, so you should consider deleting it with reputable security software.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\browseextension-installer_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\browseextension-installer_RASMANCSHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}browseextension_is1
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