Test My Speeds
Posted: March 24, 2017
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: | 13,540 |
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Threat Level: | 8/10 |
Infected PCs: | 522 |
First Seen: | March 27, 2017 |
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Last Seen: | August 22, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Test My Speeds is simply a rebranded version of the My Speedtest XP. Both of these programs are classified as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) by major names in the computer security industry, and users who have this software on their computers might be slightly bothered by some of the actions these applications may perform. The Test My Speeds software also belongs to the publisher Eightpoint Technologies Ltd, and it claims to provide users with a neat way to test their Internet speed and connection quickly to see if it is performing as expected. Although this service may seem helpful, our readers should be aware that there are hundreds of free websites that offer the same service without asking visitors to install a 3rd-party program. In short, this makes the Test My Speeds obsolete since users can take advantage of the same features without bloating their computers with unnecessary software.
The Test My Speeds does not use a custom Internet speed test and, instead, it provides users with this feature by modifying their new tab page to search.testmyspeeds.co, a search engine that delivers results via the Yahoo's search engine. Apart from the search field, Search.testmyspeeds.co also features a speed test button hosted by Openspeedtest.com – a legitimate and free service, which can replace all of the Test My Speeds' 'features.'
The removal of the Test My Speeds is not mandatory, but there's no valid reason to keep this software, considering that it has nothing of value to offer. The only notable difference it may introduce is negative, because it modifies the Chrome's default new tab page to 'Search.testmyspeeds.co,' therefore forcing the users to use the services of a search engine they are probably not familiar with. Users who wish to dispose of this PUP can do so by uninstalling it manually or using a suitable anti-virus program.
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