Search Donkey
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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: | 14,416 |
| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 1,104 |
| First Seen: | June 19, 2013 |
| Last Seen: | September 10, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Search Donkey is a browser add-on/potentially unwanted program that was produced by WebAppTech Coding, LLC. Search Donkey declares to offer Internet users more browsing options for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Search Donkey infiltrates into the affected computer system together with other freeware applications without the PC user's permission. When inside the compromised PC, Search Donkey makes modifications to the compromised Internet browser when the web user is making an online search or visiting particular websites. Search Donkey will illustrate a drop-down menu, which is called 'Best Search'. Although Search Donkey is not a harmful program, it is still added to the list of applications that security researchers advise to uninstall from the computer system. Search Donkey can lead to annoying diversions to tricky websites where Internet users can get their computers corrupted by a variety of malware infections. Also, Search Donkey can trace the victimized computer user's browsing habits and, thus, breach the target computer user's privacy. Search Donkey can easily obtain access to the attacked computer user's login information and also sell the data about the target PC user's most visited websites to the third parties. Search Donkey will deliver pop-up advertisements on the compromised PC.
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SpyHunter Detects & Remove Search Donkey
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. | SearchDonkeyService.exe | 2e256b6a5a21993547ab56f9f65ef245 | 1 |
Registry Details
Directories
Search Donkey may create the following directory or directories:
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\SearchDonkey |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\SearchDonkey |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SearchDonkey |
URLs
Search Donkey may call the following URLs:
| SearchDonkey |
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