Uber-Search Toolbar
Posted: March 16, 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.
Threat Level: | 8/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 440 |
First Seen: | March 20, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | June 27, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Uber-Search Toolbar is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that relies on the help of freeware tools for its installation. When it loads itself, the user will witness modifications in his browser, regardless of its version. The PUP works equally well on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The presence of the toolbar is just the most visible symptom of the adware infection. In addition, the default search engine and the standard homepage will also be altered. While the toolbar claims to enhance the experience with personalized tab screens and a bookmark option, its effect is the opposite. Uber-Search Toolbar changes the search results with links to sponsored third-party sites. Not only does this process waste the time of the user because the results don't contain the wanted information, but it may also harm the computer. Some of the promoted sites may be potentially harmful and visiting them may result in malware infection. For this reason, people should consider removing the Uber-Search Toolbar and restoring the default settings.
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