Search Fairy Ads
Posted: May 8, 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: | 91 |
First Seen: | April 27, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | December 20, 2021 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Search Fairy is a typical adware infection that installs as a web browser extension. At first glance, Search Fairy may seem like a useful online tool. However, Search Fairy, as any other adware-supported application may cause your computer to decrease performance due to excessive amounts of advertisements. In addition, adware such as Search Fairy is known to track your online activities by collecting information such as your IP address, frequently visited websites and browsing history in general. The collected information by Search Fairy is utilized to generate user-relevant and more appealing ads that users are more likely to click. However, computer security experts advise users not to click on ads by Search Fairy as they are automatically redirected to third party websites or questionable ones with dubious content.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{27CF82B1-E1D2-4F9B-976E-62095A52BA4A}
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