iStartsurf.com
Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards are assessment reports for different malware threats which have been collected and analyzed by our research team. EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards evaluate and rank threats using several metrics including real-world and potential risk factors, trends, frequency, prevalence, and persistence. EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards are updated regularly based on our research data and metrics and are useful for a wide range of computer users, from end users seeking solutions to remove malware from their systems to security experts analyzing threats.
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards display a variety of useful information, including:
Ranking: The ranking of a particular threat in EnigmaSoft’s Threat Database.
Severity Level: The determined severity level of an object, represented numerically, based on our risk modeling process and research, as explained in our Threat Assessment Criteria.
Infected Computers: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
See also Threat Assessment Criteria.
| Ranking: | 1,086 |
| Threat Level: | 50 % (Medium) |
| Infected Computers: | 135,805 |
| First Seen: | July 29, 2014 |
| Last Seen: | September 21, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
iStartsurf.com is a browser hijacker that may load up as a generic search engine site automatically set as your default home page. In such a case, it may be due to installing random freeware programs or bundled software on your system causing iStartsurf.com to load up automatically. The iStartsurf.com page itself may be filled with several advertisements and by using iStartsurf.com it could redirect search results through a customized google search. The suspected reason for iStartsurf.com is to gain money for its creators by clicking on various ads or sponsored links found on the iStartsurf.com pages. Preventing and stopping the iStartsurf.com site from loading automatically as your default home page may require using an antispyware tool to safely detect all related components to iStartsurf.com.
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SpyHunter Detects & Remove iStartsurf.com
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | lly_istartsurf.exe | f01ef5e4aff884c63c9d2ccece58c09f | 1 |
| 2. | lly1_istartsurf.exe | c94deed46e4a57dbb30afa4e80dd3bc7 | 0 |
Registry Details
Directories
iStartsurf.com may create the following directory or directories:
| %APPDATA%\istartsurf |
URLs
iStartsurf.com may call the following URLs:
| http://istartsurf.com/web?q= |
| istartsurf.com |
