InspiringBackgrounds
Posted: October 13, 2016
Threat Metric
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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.
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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: | 9,665 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 2,124 |
First Seen: | October 13, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | October 7, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
InspiringBackgrounds is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) developed and published by Mindspark Interactive Network. This software offers users the ability to customize their new tab page and search engine by choosing from a wide variety of desktop backgrounds. The extension also allows users to get a random background on a regular basis, therefore making their new tab page a bit more entertaining. However, users who wish to install the InspiringBackgrounds Web browser extensions are asked to allow the software to change their default new tab page to http://hp.myway.com/inspiringbackgrounds/ttab02chr/index.html. This website is safe, but the search results it provides may not be as reliable as the Google's, Yahoo's or Bing's search results.
While InspiringBackgrounds is a legitimate extension, it also plays an important role in generating traffic for one of the MyWay.com search engines associated with Mindspark's products. If you are dissatisfied with the quality of the services that InspiringBackgrounds provides, then we recommend that you remove the extension as soon as possible. The removal of InspiringBackgrounds can be done by visiting the list of installed Web browser extensions and uninstalling the application from there. Another way to solve the problem is to use a reputable anti-malware scanner that will remove InspiringBackgrounds from your computer, as well as check for any other suspicious files and applications you may have installed.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
File name without pathhttp_inspiringbackgrounds.dl.myway.com_0.localstoragehttp_inspiringbackgrounds.dl.myway.com_0.localstorage-journalhttp_inspiringbackgrounds.dl.tb.ask.com_0.localstoragehttp_inspiringbackgrounds.dl.tb.ask.com_0.localstorage-journalHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\InspiringBackgroundsHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}InspiringBackgroundsTooltab Uninstall Internet Explorer
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