DownloadMuze
Posted: July 19, 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: | 12,487 |
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Threat Level: | 8/10 |
Infected PCs: | 2,209 |
First Seen: | July 19, 2017 |
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Last Seen: | September 25, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
DownloadMuze is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP), which comes from the publishers behind the browser utilities seen on Medianetnow.com and Njoyapps.com. It is possible that these extensions might be nothing more than rebranded variants of tools like the mixGames Search and the gamesZone Search. In addition to the download page of DownloadMuze, we were also able to identify alternative names for this extension, which also are featured on the Chrome Store – DownloadMuze Search and DownloadMuze Search Plus.
Users might be tempted to install DownloadMuze because this program claims to provide them with a neat and convenient new tab, which gives them the ability to control their Google Chrome downloads. While this is true technically, the real purpose of the 'feature,' which DownloadMuze offers, is to bring traffic to the search engine that this new tab page hosts. All searches executed through DownloadMuze's new tab page will lead users to Searclalgo.com, and will then take them to the Yahoo Search.
DownloadMuze should not be mistaken for an unsafe program, and you can rest assured that this utility is entirely safe. The only suspicious thing it does is that it modifies the Chrome's default new tab page as soon as it is installed. PC users who do not wish to continue using the DownloadMuze's services should take the necessary measures to eliminate this PUP either manually or by using a credible security tool.
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