Resources.next-search.net
Posted: September 1, 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: | 5/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 75 |
First Seen: | September 1, 2016 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Resources.next-search.net is a low-quality search engine that delivers search results via Bing. Few people would switch to a 3rd-party search engine that delivers results via Bing when they can use the Microsoft's original search engine, so what is the purpose of Resources.next-search.net exactly? This Web page does not rely on organic traffic; instead, its developers have chosen to undertake a shadier approach to popularize their website and generate more traffic. They rely on small pieces of software identified as a browser hijacker which, when installed on a computer, may change its Web browser's settings, so that the users will be redirected to Resources.next-search.net whenever they attempt to initiate a new search, open their homepage or launch a new tab.
There might be more than one browser hijacker linked to Resources.next-search.net, and this means that different variants may tamper with different settings. If your Web browser behaves unusually and redirects you to Resources.next-search.net whenever you attempt to open a new tab page, then it is very likely that the cause for this is a browser hijacker that you installed recently. Although an application that tampers with your Web browser's configuration may sound scary, we assure you that browser hijackers are essentially harmless. Their sole purpose is to generate traffic for low-quality websites similar to Resources.next-search.net by redirecting users against their will.
Unfortunately, modifying your Web browser's configuration may not solve the problem, since many browser hijackers are designed to check and restore their settings in case something has changed them regularly. So, to remove Resources.next-search.net from your Web browsing sessions and to prevent it from bothering you again, you should start by eliminating the browser hijacker responsible for the issue. Often, browser hijackers can be found in the list of installed Web browser extensions, and they also can be removed from there. If this doesn't work, then a good anti-malware scanner should get the job done in a matter of minutes by erasing the hijacker from your computer.
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