Searchou
Posted: April 12, 2013
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: | 4 |
First Seen: | April 12, 2013 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Searchou is a browser hijacker, which starts its unwanted activity when a PC user uses the Internet. Searchou makes target computer users visit suspicious websites by compromising web browsers and modifying the default search engine and other settings on the infected computer system. Searchou may be used to keep track of a victim's browsing habits. After getting more information about the affected PC user's interests, Searchou displays related search results, pop-up advertisements and sponsored links. The main sign, indicating that the computer is corrupted by Searchou, is repeated redirects to Searchou.com and Google.com/webhp. Any of these websites may be set by Searchou as the homepage or default search engine of the hacked Internet browser. Searchou browser hijacker/ redirect virus is usually distributed bundled with freeware and shareware applications.
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