GSearch Extension
Posted: January 9, 2018
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: | 84 |
First Seen: | May 8, 2023 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The GSearch Extension (also known by Gatmog) is offered on the Chrome Store and Nextsearches.com, and it promises to enhance the ability of its users to search the web. To achieve this, however, it asks to modify their browser's settings to introduce a new search engine which is found on Gatmog.com. In addition to changing the default search aggregator, GSearch Extension is also likely to modify the default new tab, introduce keyboard shortcuts, and several other features that should be helpful now and then.
Although GSearch Extension might be useful in certain situations, you should keep in mind that this extension is marked as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) by multiple cybersecurity product vendors, and their software will not hesitate to recommend this application's removal. GSearch Extension is not dangerous and keeping it on your computer will not lead to harmful consequences. However, if you do not want to use a browser add-on that forces you to use an alternative new tab page or search engine, then your only option is to uninstall GSearch Extension as soon as possible.
The removal of PUPs is a pretty straightforward process that can be approached in two ways. Option one is to use Google Chrome's extension manager to locate and uninstall ‘GSearch Extensio,' while the automated alternative is to run a credible anti-malware tool.
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