Easy Search
Posted: March 28, 2006
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: | 5,147 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 7,535 |
First Seen: | March 8, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Easy Search is a simple but aggressive browser hijacker that may compromise Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. This application may hook towards all available Web clients as an extension, but it is much more stubborn than the legit plugins. The main function of the browser hijacker is to promote easysearch.com. This plain site contains only a small search field on top of the screen. There are no additional page elements besides the search box. If you type your terms there, you may not find reliable results. Easy Search relies on the database of Google for part of its results, but the majority of links that you will see may lead to third-party partner pages. Some of them may be unsafe, so it is not advisable to use easysearch.com. Since the results that this domain generates are not the most accurate ones, you may lose precious time visiting irrelevant pages. The browser hijacker may make this suspicious site your default homepage. As long as the unwanted extension stays on your PC, you may be unable to revert the modification made by it. Easy Search also may set its low-quality search engine as your default search provider. As a consequence, typing your terms in the URL bar may bring the results from easysearch.com. This harmful add-on may be suggested to the PC users by third-party freeware, which is an approach called bundling. Its description may be misleading – you may assume that the extension will optimize your searches or improve the overall surfing experience. In the majority of cases, however, computer users remain totally unaware that they are about to install Easy Search. The commonly used 'Quick' menu may not show details about additional components alongside the main software, so you should use the 'Advanced' Guide instead. Once the unwanted extension settles in, you should use a credible security program for its removal.
File System Modifications
- The following files were created in the system:
# File Name 1 iau.exe 2 lssas.exe 3 mservice.exe 4 msqdevl.exe 5 runwin32.exe 6 stisvsq.exe 7 svshost.exe
Registry Modifications
- The following newly produced Registry Values are:
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternetExplorerMainStartPage=[siteaddress]HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternetSettingsProxyOverride=[local]HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternetSettingsProxyServer=[IPaddress]HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunGamesAccelerationHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunInternetConnectionWizardHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunInternetMailandNewsHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunMicrosoftInternetAcceleratorHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunMicrosoftManagementConsoleHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunMultimediaExtensionsHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInternetExplorerMainStartPage=[siteaddress]HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunGamesAccelerationHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunInternetConnectionWizardHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunInternetMailandNewsHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunMicrosoftInternetAcceleratorHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunMicrosoftManagementConsoleHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunMultimediaExtensions
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