Search.emailfaster.co
Posted: August 16, 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: | 1,480 |
| First Seen: | August 16, 2016 |
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| Last Seen: | August 11, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Search.emailfaster.co is a low-quality search engine linked to SaferBrowser and its Web browser utility named Email Faster. The Email Faster browser extensions is a toolbar that allows users to reach their e-mail inboxes quickly by clicking on the Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, and other buttons featured in the toolbar. The quick access buttons are accompanied by a small search field that runs search queries through Search.emailfaster.co. Apart from providing the links to popular e-mail services, Email Faster also may change the Web browser's default new tab page to Search.emailfaster.co.
Despite Email Faster's claims to provide users with a way to check their e-mail messages quicker, it is apparent that the extension doesn't introduce any valuable features. Injecting a couple of quick links on the user's new tab page is by no means a useful feature, and users should think if Email Faster is a utility that worth keeping.
Email Faster is not just useless, but it also may force a Web browser to redirect users to Search.emailfaster.co whenever they open a new tab page. This search engine provides search results based on the Yahoo search API, which means that there's no difference between the results you'll see on Search.emailfaster.co and Yahoo.com. In short, Email Faster is identified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that doesn't offer anything of value and its primary goal is to generate traffic for Search.emailfaster.co and other pages linked to SaferBrowser. Security experts recommend removing Email Faster either manually by uninstalling it from the list of installed browser extensions or automatically, with the help of reliable anti-malware tools.
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