Search.searchrs.com
Posted: October 6, 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.
| Ranking: | 3,280 |
|---|---|
| Threat Level: | 5/10 |
| Infected PCs: | 7,230 |
| First Seen: | October 6, 2016 |
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| Last Seen: | March 10, 2025 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Search.searchrs.com is a dubious search engine that may rely on browser hijackers to bring new users to it, as well as to boost the traffic that this page generates artificially. Search.searchrs.com is linked to a Web browser extension that goes by the name 'Recipe Star,' and is being developed and maintained by SaferBrowser. It is very likely that users who opt to install the 'Recipe Star' browser extension may permit the software to change their Web browser's default new tab page to Search.searchrs.com unknowingly.
Having Search.searchrs.com set as your default new tab page will not expose your computer to a potentially unsafe content or applications. However, users who see Search.searchrs.com whenever they launch their Web browser to attempt to open a new tab should keep in mind that the search results that Search.searchrs.com delivers may not be the same as the one they'd usually see, and the search results may be mixed with sponsored links. Apart from the search feature, Search.searchrs.com also hosts several quick links to websites associated with cooking recipes, cooking tips, and other information that might be relevant to users who would be keen to install the 'Recipe Star' extension.
The good news is that seeing Search.searchrs.com in your Web browser is not a reason to be worried. Neither this page nor the browser extension it is linked to are threatening, and you can rest assured that nothing unsafe will be delivered to your computer via Search.searchrs.com. However, if you did not set this page as your default new tab page or homepage manually, then it might be in your interest to revert your Web browser's settings, as well as to eliminate the browser extension that replaced your default new tab page and homepage with Search.searchrs.com. One way to do this is to check the list of browser extensions installed on your computer – nay unknown or suspicious entries such as 'Recipe Star' should be removed. If manual removal is not what you are looking for, then we recommend that you use a popular anti-malware software suite to scan your computer and deal with the issue permanently.
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