Newtab.win
Posted: February 5, 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.
| Ranking: | 1,301 |
|---|---|
| Threat Level: | 2/10 |
| Infected PCs: | 10,694 |
| First Seen: | January 2, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Last Seen: | March 10, 2025 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Newtab.win is a peculiar search engine, which does not offer any distinguishable features, and it does not seem like a page that someone would prefer to use on a daily basis certainly. However, some users might end up having to use Newtab.win against their own will regularly. This can happen with the use of browser hijacking software whose purpose is to set Newtab.win as the default new tab page or homepage of popular Web browsers. Naturally, the software that does this might be disguised as a useful browser utility, which promises to expand the browser's feature, but the only meaningful change it brings is to add Newtab.win to the browser's configuration.
If you believe that a browser hijacker was installed on your computer and it is the reason why you keep seeing Newtab.win whenever you access a new tab, then you should not be too worried. Browser hijacking software is not unsafe, and it does not pose a threat to your privacy or your data. However, if you are not happy with having to use Newtab.win, then you should proceed to identify and remove the software, which included it in your Web browser's settings certainly.
The most convenient way to dispose of browser hijacking software is to use a suitable PC security utility since this guarantees the full removal of all the hijacker's components. However, sometimes, you might need to revert your browser's configuration manually after removing the hijacker.
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