Adware:Win32/OfferBoxBrowser
Posted: June 2, 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: | 17,057 |
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Threat Level: | 8/10 |
Infected PCs: | 162 |
First Seen: | June 2, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | August 30, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Adware:Win32/OfferBoxBrowser is adware that may generate and show disturbing pop-up advertisements and notifications in a Web browser pertaining to the PC user's surfing routine when the computer user is visiting various potentially commercial websites. The Adware:Win32/OfferBoxBrowser ads and notifications may signify that the computer system is affected by adware or a PUP (potentially unwanted program). Adware:Win32/OfferBoxBrowser may be distributed and install itself onto the computer system as an extra tool packaged with numerous freeware, which computer users can download and install from the Internet. Freeware may often include additional programs, which may be unnecessary for the computer user. Therefore, when the PC user installs any free application, he should carefully follow what he is going to install together with the desired application that he has selected. Upon installation, Adware:Win32/OfferBoxBrowser may highlight words on the websites that are visited by computer users replacing them with hyperlinks. The Adware:Win32/OfferBoxBrowser links may be embedded within the text, and may come with a double underline to make them different from common links.
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