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Posted: June 30, 2015

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

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:	8/10
Infected PCs:	7

First Seen:	June 30, 2015
Last Seen:	August 11, 2021
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

DeleteAd is a browser extension that promotes its services for blocking Web advertisements, but also delivers additional advertisements to your browser. Because of the self-contradictory nature of DeleteAd's features and the general poor business practices of its company, malware experts have categorized DeleteAd as a Potentially Unwanted Program. Removing DeleteAd with a trustworthy anti-adware program also should adequately remove any related browser changes, such as those leading to symptoms like pop-up advertisements or altered search results.

The Adware that Gives and Takes with Each Hand

DeleteAd is adware that doesn't undertake intentionally threatening actions for harming your PC. However, some security products may identify DeleteAd as being a tTojan (such as the ubiquitous Trojan.ADH.SMH or other, heuristic labels like BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.fc). As a member of the Ads By Name family of adware, DeleteAd identifies its advertising content with text tags, but also may inject that content into unrelated Web pages without allowing you to disable it. Even though the Chrome browser is the most frequently seen target of similar adware products, malware experts have seen reports of DeleteAd targeting multiple brands of Web browsers.

Although DeleteAd markets itself as a beneficial advertising blocker, malware experts saw limited capabilities related to that feature. Its post-installation symptoms also may include injecting additional HTML advertising content into unrelated Web pages while your browser loads them. Some PC users also report experiencing pop-up advertisements from DeleteAd in separate windows. These advertisements are not intended to harm your computer, but may promote threatening content in exceptional circumstances. Other issues also relatable to DeleteAd advertisements may include slowing your browser's performance or harming your ability to access a site's native content (such as by blocking a navigation menu).

Sending DeleteAd to the Recycle Bin Permanently

DeleteAd's company hosts their product at an independent website from which DeleteAd can be downloaded. Along with its website download links, DeleteAd also may be distributed within bundle installers. These installers typically distribute multiple PUPs without identifying them by brand name during the installation process. Numerous free software websites may have strong associations with bundle installers and Potentially Unwanted Programs, like DeleteAd that may use them. Malware experts find competent anti-adware tools adequate for identifying most bundle utilities related to DeleteAd and other adware. Recent DeleteAd installations also may have indirect relationships with outdated Flash and Firefox software although research in this area is ongoing.

DeleteAd may conceal components in non-obvious locations, such as subdirectories of your AppData folders. This fact makes an incomplete deletion of DeleteAd particularly likely whenever using default uninstall methods. Such impartial removals may make it difficult to finalize DeleteAd's deletion or remove any remaining advertisement content from your browser. Malware experts last confirmed DeleteAd installations on Windows 7 operating systems, albeit not necessarily to the exclusion of other OSes.

DeleteAd

Threat Metric

The Adware that Gives and Takes with Each Hand

Sending DeleteAd to the Recycle Bin Permanently

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