Toothy
Posted: September 26, 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: | 17,408 |
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Threat Level: | 5/10 |
Infected PCs: | 222 |
First Seen: | September 26, 2017 |
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Last Seen: | August 2, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Toothy is a browser extension available for Google Chrome, which has very few users. According to the official Chrome Store page, Toothy is meant to provide users with advice on how to choose the best toothbrush for them. This is a rather peculiar purpose, considering that most users would prefer to accomplish this task by using trustworthy guides and advice from their dentists. The purpose of Toothy isn't the only peculiar thing about this extension – it seems that cyber security software vendors also are interested in this add-on since it has been marked as a 'Potentially Unwanted Program' (PUP), by some of the most popular names in the cyber security industry.
The strange thing is that installing Toothy does not appear to introduce any changes to the user's Web browser at the moment. However, we have some reasons to believe that this may change in the future because Toothy's reviews section is filled with obvious fake reviews from newly registered users. In addition to this, the 'feature' that Toothy offers is strange too, and it is highly unlikely that any users will opt to install this extension knowingly. It is possible that Toothy might be part of the 'Add Extension to Leave' Pop-Ups campaign that has been quite popular in recent months.
If you see an offer to install Toothy, we advise you to ignore it since it is unlikely that you'll find this add-on useful. And if Toothy is already attached to your Chrome installation, then the recommendation is to consider its removal since it might bring unwanted changes to your browser's behavior and performance.
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