MoviesFriendly Search Toolbar
Posted: October 25, 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: | 5,601 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 16,610 |
First Seen: | October 25, 2017 |
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Last Seen: | October 16, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The MoviesFriendly Search Toolbar is a browser extension, which claims to provide users with access to a toolkit that will help them find upcoming and current movies that match their taste. The toolbar alsis meant to assist them with finding movie reviews, opinions, and other interesting bits of information that many people might be interested in reading. However, what the MoviesFriendly Search Toolbar's description might forget to mention is that the installation of this software requires the users to agree to certain terms and conditions. The MoviesFriendly Search Toolbar requests permission to modify the Web browser's settings by replacing the user's new tab page with an alternative website. The alternative website in question is not unsafe, and it appears to function reliably by redirecting all search queries through Movie.eanswers.com before taking the user to the Yahoo Search.
The installation of the MoviesFriendly Search Toolbar does not seem to happen with the assistance of software bundles or other dubious tricks so that the only way to get this extension on your computer is to agree to download and install it manually. While the installation of the MoviesFriendly Search Toolbar is not harmful, it is recommended to stay away from browser extensions that require permission to modify your browser's settings, especially if they aim to change the homepage, new tab page or default search engine.
If you don't find the MoviesFriendly Search Toolbar's features to be useful particularly and you are wondering how to remove this application, then we might have some great advice for you. Tech-savvy users should be able to remove the MoviesFriendly Search Toolbar without the use of a 3rd-party software. This can be done by accessing Google Chrome's extension manager and uninstalling the 'MoviesFriendly Search Toolbar.' If you don't want to bother with this, then you also can take the alternative route by running a suitable PC security software suite that can deal with Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) like the MoviesFriendly Search Toolbar.
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