TypingFanatic Toolbar
Posted: August 18, 2015
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: | 10,474 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 2,492 |
First Seen: | August 5, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | September 25, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Nowadays, almost every person uses a PC when he needs to write documents. For some users the process of typing may be an unpleasant event because they are not accustomed – they may make too many typing errors, or simply their speed may be slow. These people may be tempted to install TypingFanatic Toolbar because it promises to improve their writing speed. Allegedly, TypingFanatic Toolbar can calculate the words per minute (WPM) of the user and can offer various lessons. However, TypingFanatic Toolbar because it is deemed a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). As soon as it finds a way into your system, this software made by Mindspark will interfere with the functionality of Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox by suggesting a change to the default homepage and new tab page to hxxp://myway.com.
Offers to install the TypingFanatic Toolbar may be seen in online advertisements which claim that this is a great utility to improve your typing speed while using a computer keyboard. The TypingFanatic Toolbar is downloaded through the extension's official website, and upon installation, it may ask for permission to enhance the user's browsing experience by changing their homepage and new tab page to hxxp://myway.com.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
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