Search Provided by Yahoo by Wincy
Posted: October 26, 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.
| Ranking: | 13,382 |
|---|---|
| Threat Level: | 8/10 |
| Infected PCs: | 1,743 |
| First Seen: | October 26, 2015 |
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| Last Seen: | February 21, 2025 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Search Provided by Yahoo by Wincy is a suspicious application that may appear on your list of installed programs out of nowhere. Of course, there is reasonable explanation why Search Provided by Yahoo by Wincy is installed, and you may be shocked to hear that it is very likely that you authorized the installation of this program unknowingly. Search Provided by Yahoo by Wincy may be distributed with the help of software bundles, so it may be offered as an optional install when users install a completely different piece of software. The offer to install Search Provided by Yahoo by Wincy may be accompanied by misleading instructions and messages, therefore increasing the chances of the user authorizing the installation of Search Provided by Yahoo.
But what changes may the installation of Search Provided by Yahoo by Wincy cause? The application doesn't seem to be associated with any harmful activity, but it may, however, cause some unwanted changes to your computer's behavior. Search Provided by Yahoo by Wincy may hijack your search results, and make them go through a 3rd-party search engine whose results are likely to be different from the ones your default search engine may display. Apart from this, Search Provided by Yahoo by Wincy also may inject advertisements in your web browser, therefore cluttering the web pages you visit, and increasing the amount of bandwidth and hardware resources required by your web browser. Despite this software's harmless nature, it may get in the way of your regular browsing activities, so its removal is recommended.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:"C:\Users\<username>\appdata\Local\{0EDF3883-2A77-543B-47EF-71D363878D4B}\uninstall.exe" /Uninstall /s /noun
File name: "C:\Users\<username>\appdata\Local\{0EDF3883-2A77-543B-47EF-71D363878D4B}\uninstall.exe" /Uninstall /s /nounMime Type: unknown/exe" /Uninstall /s /noun
Group: Malware file
Sqlite3.dll
File name: Sqlite3.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
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