Search App
Posted: March 23, 2017
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: | 989 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 112,243 |
First Seen: | February 11, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Search App is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) whose developer and publisher is Aztec Media. The software is meant to provide users with an improved way to search the Web that should help them find more relevant and attractive content. However, the installation of the Search App extension may not do exactly this and, instead, users who authorize its installation may end up finding out that their new tab page has been set to 'blpmovies.com.' This domain hosts a search engine that delivers results via the Yahoo's search algorithm and also may include some quick links to movie directories that contain information about recent and upcoming movie releases. An interesting fact is that the 'blpmovies.com' new tab page also is associated with the BlpMovies extension that we have already spoken about under our article regarding the unwanted BlpMovies Ads.
The installation of the Search App is not recommended because this software may not bring any useful features to Google Chrome. Instead, it's sole purpose may be to promote the 'Blpmovies.com' page, therefore increasing the traffic it generates, as well as increasing the cost to advertise there. If you have the Search App extension installed and you are not happy with seeing 'Blpmovies.com' whenever you open a new tab, then we advise you to take the necessary action to uninstall the PUP from your computer immediately. This task can be handled either manually, by using Chrome's integrated extension manager, or by using a suitable computer security tool.
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