Adware Generic_r.KF
Posted: April 30, 2014
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: | 17,052 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 424 |
First Seen: | April 30, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | October 15, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Adware Generic_r.KF is adware that may show pop-up ads, offers, discount coupons, and sponsored links via a pop-up box on shopping-related websites or other websites that are visited by computer users. The pop-up ads of Adware Generic_r.KF may be delivered as boxes, which may carry numerous discount coupons, sales, deals and offers, which, if clicked, may unwillingly redirect PC users to questionable websites that may be created for commercial intentions. Adware Generic_r.KF may insert an add-on, plug-in or browser extension for Web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome that may usually be embedded as optional tools when the PC user installs free software that have packaged into their installation Adware Generic_r.KF. When the PC user installs free programs from unreliable download websites, they may also install Adware Generic_r.KF.
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