Live TV Now
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.
| Threat Level: | 80 % (High) |
| Infected Computers: | 164 |
| First Seen: | July 9, 2022 |
| Last Seen: | December 10, 2022 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Live TV Now software is the fourth release in the TV entertainment line of products developed by Polarity Technologies Ltd. The Live TV Now is promoted as a browser extension that can be installed on Google Chrome and help you find free movies, the latest trailers from Hollywood, and enhance your overall Internet experience. The functionality presented by Live TV Now is available to PC users for free given that they agree to give up information like their Internet history, downloads log and the list of their Chrome themes, extensions and plug-ins. The Terms of Service and Privacy Policy associated with Live TV Now can be found at hxxp://ofsearch.hlivetvnow[.]co/Home/Terms and hxxp://ofsearch.hlivetvnow[.]co/Home/Privacy.
The Live TV Now is perceived as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) by Polarity Technologies Ltd., which is identical to My Television XP, Watch More TV Now (Search.searchwamtv.com) and Watch TV Now. The Live TV Now extension is programmed to change your new tab to hxxp://ofsearch.hlivetvnow[.]co that is identical to hxxp://search.mytelevisionxp[.]com used by My Television XP, hxxp://search.searchwamtv[.]com used by Watch More TV Now and hxxp://search.watchtvnow[.]co used by Watch TV Now. The Search.hlivetvnow.co Web portal does not provide access to free movies. Instead, you are shown links to services such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Yahoo, Gmail and ESPN.com. PC users are not required to install the Live TV Now extension if they wish to benefit from oFsearch.hlivetvnow.co. You may want to consider removing the Live TV Now extension if you are not fond of targeted advertisements and search redirects to Search.yahoo.com that is the legitimate version of Yahoo's search service.
