Search.netmahal.com

Posted: June 10, 2013

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

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
Infected PCs:	529

First Seen:	June 11, 2013
Last Seen:	May 27, 2024
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Search.netmahal.com is a Turkish search site that outsources that actual job of searching the Web to Google. Besides that and its associated landing page, Search.netmahal.com has no real content and is not dangerous to visit. Nevertheless, there have been reports of browser hijackers promoting Search.netmahal.com through various attacks, and Search.netmahal.com-promoting malware should be considered just as invasive and dangerous as any other PC threat that takes over your browser and reduces your ability to control what Web content you view. Pop-ups, redirects, homepage changes and other attacks promoting Search.netmahal.com always should be considered prompts to use anti-malware products as needed to delete all Search.netmahal.com adware from your computer.

Search.netmahal.com: Not Quite an Internet Palace for Searching the Web

Search.netmahal.com can be divided into two major segments: a search sub-domain that redirects searches over to Google, and a main site that offers links to social networking services and other popular destinations. These features aren't unique to Search.netmahal.com and – besides the simple consolidation of links – don't offer much of benefit to its visitors. On the other hand, neither have SpywareRemove.com malware analysts found Search.netmahal.com to be guilty of promoting malicious content or anything that could endanger your computer directly.

What makes Search.netmahal.com worth mentioning at all, lamentably, is its promotion by various browser hijackers and other PC threats that take control of your browser for the purpose of forcing you to visit Search.netmahal.com. These attacks may utilize new tabs for Search.netmahal.com, changes to your homepage that lock it to Search.netmahal.com, pop-ups for Search.netmahal.com or most frequently, search engine-based redirects through to Search.netmahal.com. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers were unable to find any specific browser add-on related to these Search.netmahal.com attacks, with the attendant implication that they're being triggered by concealed adware programs.

Ending the Reign of a Search.netmahal.com-Loving Browser Hijacker

Although Search.netmahal.com caters towards Turkish traffic and, accordingly, most likely is promoted by browser hijackers that target residents of that country, similar browser-redirecting PC threats of all stripes also may affect the browsers of PCs throughout the world. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers usually encourage a careful monitoring of suspicious downloads to avoid Search.netmahal.com hijacks and similar browser problems, since they are evidence of a low-level threat that often is distributed via software bundles and similar packages.

To confirm that all settings changes and files related to a Search.netmahal.com hijacking problem are removed, you generally should be prepared to use appropriate anti-malware software to disinfect your PC. Even though being redirected to Search.netmahal.com isn't very dangerous to your computer, side effects of browser hijackers may often degrade your Web-browsing safety and should be resolved ASAP. Failure to do so can result in exposure to malicious content (such as drive-by-downloads) that often are the sources of some of the most dangerous types of malicious software SpywareRemove.com malware experts have analyzed.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

Regexp file mask%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\browser\searchplugins\netmahal.xmlHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\netmahal.comSOFTWARE\netmahalSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\netmahal