Search Assist
Posted: January 15, 2014
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: | 75 |
First Seen: | January 15, 2014 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Search Assist is adware that may show hyperlink and pop-up ads on a screen of a computer system. Once installed, Search Assist may insert an unwanted plug-in, add-on or browser extension depending on a Web browser installed on a PC. Search Assist may also run as browser helper object (BHO), so an add-on may not be presented on the settings of the Web browser. Search Assist may circulate and invade the PC through bundled free programs that computer users download from questionable download websites on the Internet. If the computer user clicks on any potentially malicious hyperlinks added to the pop-up advertisements 'Ads by Search Assist' or messages displayed by Search Assist, he may get forcibly redirected to unreliable websites where the computer system may get infected with various types of malware.
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