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Posted: February 16, 2016
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.
Threat Level: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 16 |
First Seen: | February 16, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | January 10, 2019 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
BlingJobs is an unreliable adware extension that may be compatible with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. Although some users may expect this program to help them find their dream job, BlingJobs is not designed to provide assistance. This ad-supported plugin tries to benefit from the person's online activities. BlingJobs may replace the ads originating from the pages with its own commercial materials. BlingJobs also may create additional pop-ups, banners, interstitial ads and embeds video materials. As a result, you may notice marketing elements even on sites that were previously ad-free. Whenever you click on some sponsored link and visit an affiliate site, the developers of BlingJobs will receive the negotiated referral commissions. These people may use various approaches to make you click on their ads. You may be surprised that some coupons and offers may be user-relevant. The adware may try to adjust them based on your recent searches and the sites that you visit most often. BlingJobs also may use tricks to transfer you to sponsored sites against your will. For example, the 'X' button in the top right corner of the ads may not close them but load partner domains. BlingJobs also may manipulate your searches by inserting sponsored links in the best positions. Since most of them will not be labeled as ads, you may have no idea that you are about to go to promoted platforms. Cyber security specialists cannot confirm that all of these sites are safe. Some may be associated with hoaxes or offer potentially unsafe software to the visitors. BlingJobs may be the reason for irritating performance issues with your Web clients. If you are among those users who cannot recall downloading BlingJobs, it might have evaded your attention concealed in some software bundle. The experts' recommendation is to scan your PC thoroughly with an advanced security application to eliminate BlingJobs.
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