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Tattoodle

Posted: May 10, 2013

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 1
First Seen: May 10, 2013
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Tattoodle Screenshot 1Tattoodle is a potentially unwanted program, which makes numerous system changes on the affected PC. Many PC users are fooled into installing Tattoodle on their computers because they are persuaded that it's from Facebook. However,Tattoodle appears to be far away from what it may seem to be from the first sight and belongs to 'Make the Web Better' company. When installed on the vulnerable PC, Tattoodle changes the default homepage and search engine to Tattoodle.com. Tattoodle may also set Tattoodle.com in every new tab when the web user opens the web browser. Tattoodle.com is a tricky search engine, which tracks the victimized Internet user's search sessions and shows modified search results. If the computer user clicks on such results, he/she may be redirected to suspicious or malicious websites that advertise other unsafe software products and contain malware threats. Tattoodle can be installed manually from the websites that are involved to its distribution. Tattoodle may also come bundled with freeware and shareware programs.

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