CricBuzz Toolbar
Posted: November 20, 2013
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: | 13,353 |
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Threat Level: | 5/10 |
Infected PCs: | 10,750 |
First Seen: | November 20, 2013 |
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Last Seen: | October 2, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
CricBuzz Toolbar is an unwanted toolbar/potentially unwanted program, which may come inside the computer system bundled with other free applications. CricBuzz Toolbar may also function as an adware or browser hijacker and forcibly divert PC users to various misleading advertising websites. CricBuzz Toolbar may also make PC users visit doubtful websites that are not associated with their search queries from any legal search provider. CricBuzz Toolbar can be downloaded manually. However, it can also come into the PC packaged with freeware that computer users download from unsafe sources. When installed on the computer system, CricBuzz Toolbar may modify system settings and hijack all web browsers in order to emerge on them as a toolbar. CricBuzz Toolbar may start interrupting the PC user's search sessions and divert him to various advertisement websites. CricBuzz Toolbar may keep track of the computer user's browsing habits and display commercial pop-up adverts.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{d27284a2-8039-4fa3-ae18-656c96369808}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{d27284a2-8039-4fa3-ae18-656c96369808}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks\{d27284a2-8039-4fa3-ae18-656c96369808}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{d27284a2-8039-4fa3-ae18-656c96369808}
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