Nation Advanced Search Virus

Posted: July 2, 2013

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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% 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:	5/10
Infected PCs:	14

First Seen:	July 2, 2013
Last Seen:	November 18, 2021
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The Nation Advanced Search Virus is a browser hijacker that promotes arbitrary search sites by modifying your browser to redirect to its sites automatically. Current evidence has caused SpywareRemove.com malware experts to link most Nation Advanced Search Viruses to the installation of pirated and compromised gaming applications (as opposed to official installation files). While the Nation Advanced Search Virus is not known for promoting malicious content, the Nation Advanced Search Virus does try to avoid being deleted and enacts its browser changes without your permission. Deleting a Nation Advanced Search Virus and its browser changes can be done by using any appropriate anti-malware product, which shouldn't need any strenuous measures – beyond those for a typical anti-malware scan – to find and remove the Nation Advanced Search Virus safely.

The Nation Advanced Search Virus: One Nation, Under a Browser Hijack

Browser hijackers like the Nation Advanced Search Virus are a dime a dozen, but the strong resemblance of the Nation Advanced Search Virus to similar browser-attacking PC threats doesn't make its attacks any less dangerous for your PC's security. By modifying settings separately from your actual Web-browsing application (such as through Hosts file changes), the Nation Advanced Search Virus forces your browser to load arbitrary sites. Previous attacks related to the Nation Advanced Search Virus attacks have focused on redirecting online searches and forcing various sites to display whenever the PC user opens a new browser tab.

Most previous infections related to the Nation Advanced Search Virus have occurred as a consequence of the PC's exposure to illicit gaming software – such as gaming cracks, key generators and pirated games. SpywareRemove.com malware experts especially warn that unofficial versions of Minecraft have been used to distribute the Nation Advanced Search Virus, which can be accompanied by other PC threats. The type of malware most often associated with a Nation Advanced Search Virus is an unwanted browser toolbar, which usually identified as some form of Potentially Unwanted Program (or PUP).

Revoking Your Browser's Citizenship in the Nation Advanced Search Virus

Redirects provided by the Nation Advanced Search Virus never are advantageous for your PC – even if, for some reason, you decide that you're interested in sites that are promoted in the Nation Advanced Search Virus's attacks. Ordinary uninstall methods usually will be capable of uninstalling the visible components of toolbars related to the Nation Advanced Search Virus, but SpywareRemove.com malware experts find that they don't remove the related browser changes that cause the actual website redirects. With this in mind, a dutiful application of anti-malware software should, as usual, be thought of as the most direct way of stopping the Nation Advanced Search Virus's browser hijacks.

The Nation Advanced Search Virus is not classified as a technical virus and does not have any self-distributive or file-infecting functions. However, the Nation Advanced Search Virus may be installed along with other types of malware that do possess a degree of self-distribution or other attack capabilities, and for these reasons, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers encourage employing anti-malware software against a Nation Advanced Search Virus as soon as you find it to be practical.

Nation Advanced Search Virus

Threat Metric

The Nation Advanced Search Virus: One Nation, Under a Browser Hijack

Revoking Your Browser's Citizenship in the Nation Advanced Search Virus

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