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Posted: April 19, 2013

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

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:	5/10
Infected PCs:	42

First Seen:	April 19, 2013
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Theallsearches.com is a search site and Web directory that provides links to sponsored affiliates, instead of searching for links that are relevant to the topics being queried. Even though Theallsearches.com can be considered useless as a search engine, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts haven't associated Theallsearches.com with malware-based web content, and any exposure to Theallsearches.com currently can be considered not harmful to your PC. On the other hand, browser hijackers have been known to redirect infected PCs to Theallsearches.com and similar search sites without your permission, and a browser hijacker infection always should be regarded as a security hazard. Since browser hijackers, both for Theallsearches.com and other sites, usually include components and system changes that are difficult to remove, putting a solid anti-malware program to the source of the problem is the easiest way to put an end to redirects to Theallsearches.com and other Theallsearches.com-related browser hijacks.

Theallsearches.com: the 'Search' Site that's Shooting Nothing but Blanks

Despite being crafted to have the appearance of a website that provides links to numerous sources of information around the Web, Theallsearches.com actually only displays a small number of preset links – most likely from sites that it can acquire a small amount of revenue from in exchange for providing the traffic. While Theallsearches.com is less than honest in its marketing, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers haven't seen Theallsearches.com redirects its visitors to malicious sites or hacked sites, and Theallsearches.com should not (at least, at this time) be considered an infection vector.

Where Theallsearches.com does have connections to malicious software, it appears to be as a result of Theallsearches.com being promoted by browser hijackers: Trojans that are designed to redirect your browser to unwanted websites in any of several ways that can include:

Inserting links to Theallsearches.com in the content of other websites.
Forcing your homepage or search engine to be configured to Theallsearches.com.
Redirecting your browser to Theallsearches.com at arbitrary times, such as when you're clicking another search engine's link or trying to navigate to an unrelated URL.

So far, SpywareRemove.com malware experts haven't linked Theallsearches.com redirects and hijacks to any browser-specific plugin, extension or add-on – making most browsers potentially at risk for Theallsearches.com browser hijackers, particularly on popular OSes like Windows.

Ending Your Search for an End to Theallsearches.com Hijacks

Theallsearches.com browser hijacks and other browser-based problems involving Theallsearches.com can usually be considered evidence of the presence of malicious software, even if being forced to load Theallsearches.com isn't dangerous to your PC. Browser hijackers also have been associated with Trojans with other functions, particularly Trojans that are capable of installing other malware, and as a result of this issue, SpywareRemove.com malware experts always recommend responding to even low-level threats like Theallsearches.com hijackers with a maximum of promptness. As a general rule, trustworthy brands of anti-malware products should be used to remove browser hijackers and other PC threats linked with Theallsearches.com.

Common infection points for browser hijackers that aren't linked to any particular browser add-ons include various poorly-regulated free software sites and torrenting networks, both of which often bundle browser hijackers with unrelated applications of varying levels of integrity.

Theallsearches.com

Threat Metric

Theallsearches.com: the 'Search' Site that's Shooting Nothing but Blanks

Ending Your Search for an End to Theallsearches.com Hijacks

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