My Search Dock Ads
Posted: January 11, 2016
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: | 351 |
First Seen: | January 11, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | May 5, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
My Search Dock is a dubious Web browser extension that may be installed on your computer silently. If you ever seen an offer to install My Search Dock you may be welcomed by a neatly written introduction that explains all of My Search Dock's features and functions:
- My Search Dock can save you money.
- My Search Dock can Improve your Web browsing experience.
- My Search Dock can help you find the content you are looking for.
These things may sound like a great addition to your Web browser, but we assure you that by installing My Search Dock you'll achieve only one thing – a worse browsing experience. The My Search Dock Web browser extension is known for its tendency to inject advertisements in the user's Web browser. Sometimes the My Search Dock Ads may be neatly disguised as innocent product offers while in other cases the extension may promote paid ads provided by 3rd-parties blatantly. Apart from displaying unwanted advertisements, My Search Dock also may use a tracking cookie to keep an eye on your Web browsing sessions and habits. The cookie may collect anonymous browsing data that may be used for marketing purposes, so that's another reason it is recommended to keep My Search Dock away from your Web browser.
The removal of My Search Dock may be performed manually, but users should deal with this pest by using a powerful anti-malware solution. This is required because a good anti-malware scanner can ensure that all of My Search Dock's components are removed, and the problems caused by the extension will not bother you anymore.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:dir\MySearchDock.exe
File name: MySearchDock.exeSize: 290.68 KB (290688 bytes)
MD5: 531ec71551c79b4f02f1e685a7bd669b
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: dir
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 8, 2020
"C:\Program Files\MySearchDock\uninstaller.exe"
File name: "C:\Program Files\MySearchDock\uninstaller.exe"Mime Type: unknown/exe"
Group: Malware file
C:\Program Files\mysearchdock\mysearchdock.dll
File name: C:\Program Files\mysearchdock\mysearchdock.dllMD5: a6e3ef1abc8d6088e48cf222fb2e2fa6
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
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