Savvy Suggestor
Posted: May 11, 2015
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: | 89 |
First Seen: | April 27, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | December 15, 2021 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Savvy Suggestor is a web browser extension or add-on and a BHO (Browser Helper Object) that is known to exhibit adware capabilities. At first glance, Savvy Suggestor may seem like a useful online tool that is equipped with all sorts of buttons that enhance users' online experience. Savvy Suggestor claims to provide keyword suggestions related to your searches, watching videos from YouTube without leaving Google, image suggestions, the latest news related to your search, Wikipedia articles, Tweets, etc. In addition, Savvy Suggestor offers shopping suggestions for users. However, the provided information and advertising materials utilized by Savvy Suggestor may be based on your browsing history and online activities in general. Adware applications such as Savvy Suggestor use the collected information in order to make their offers seem more appealing and thus generate online traffic for third-party websites. Computer security experts do not recommend that users keep Savvy Suggestor installed on their computer, as the excessive amounts of advertisements may disrupt your normal browsing experience.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\AppDataLow\Software\Savvy SuggestorSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{7D9D9202-3A06-464d-8BD6-D5E9AA973A3E}
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