Www-searching.com
Posted: February 5, 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: | 3,359 |
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Threat Level: | 5/10 |
Infected PCs: | 38,652 |
First Seen: | February 5, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Computer users that are not fans of Google and prefer Bing.com as their search provider and homepage may notice that Www-searching.com is almost identical to Bing. However, Www-searching.com is not owned and related to the Microsoft Corp. The Www-searching.com portal is associated with a browser hijacker that may redirect users to a Bing look-alike site and record their search terms. The information passing through Www-searching.com may be sent to advertisers that use the Www-searching.com browser hijacker to show commercials on the pages the victim loads in Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera and Mozilla Firefox. Security researchers note that the Www-searching.com browser hijacker may have arrived on your PC with the trial version of software like US System Care and free media players like BR Media Player. The Www-searching.com is not a real search engine, and the field in the center of your screen is used only to record your search criteria and redirect you to Thesmartsearch.net. Www-searching.com and Thesmartsearch.net are blocked by services like Mozilla Phishing Protection, Websense Web Filter and Google Safe Browsing. However, users that are affected by threats and browser hijacking software may load Www-searching.com without a security alert popping up on their desktops. An analysis of Www-searching.com revealed that it is linked to other browser hijacking software and adware such as Bubble Dock and AdShooter. The Www-searching.com browser hijacker is not a severe cyber threat but may load insecure content and lead to data loss. Computer users that are infected with the Www-searching.com browser hijacker may not load videos on services like YouTubbe, and cannot skip video commercials by Www-searching.com. Fortunately, you can install a trusted anti-malware application that can remove browser hijacking software.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
File name without pathhttp_www-searching.com_0.localstoragehttp_www-searching.com_0.localstorage-journalwww-searching[1].xmlHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www-searching.comSoftware\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\EdpDomStorage\www-searching.comSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www-searching.comSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\www-searching.com