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Posted: February 9, 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: | 35 |
First Seen: | February 9, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | January 8, 2020 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Diet Interactive is a cross-compatible extension that promises to let you create diet plans. According to its developers, this tiny application should show you various tips and tricks to help you reach your desired weight. However, Diet Interactive is adware, so it also may insert various commercial materials in the Web pages you view. A significant part of the PC users may not appreciate this performance. There are good reasons for the negative feedback, so you should think twice before agreeing to download Diet Interactive. This tool may cause various changes to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Diet Interactive may change your homepage with a low-quality search engine that shows inaccurate results to make you visit its partners. Diet Interactive also may substitute the default search engine. This way, even if you initiate a search by typing your terms in the address bar, the results may come from the untrustworthy provider. Formally, the users may give permission for these modifications when they agree to install Diet Interactive. However, in some cases, the users may not understand they are about to load this extension. Diet Interactive may travel bundled with another cost-free application, and the commonly used 'Quick' menu may spare details about additional components. Diet Interactive also may create pop-ups, banners, interstitial ads, hyperlinked words and other embedded materials. Some of these coupons and discounts may seem appealing to you because they are not chosen at random. The marketing materials may be user-relevant because the adware may track your online habits. You should be vigilant in case you decide to check where they will lead. If the ads are corrupt, they may redirect you to unsafe platforms. Diet Interactive may be the reason your browsers start working slowly. You should consider removing this adware with dedicated security software.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:DietInteractive_Setup.exe
File name: DietInteractive_Setup.exeSize: 997.67 KB (997672 bytes)
MD5: 1fcaf67e3f00689535a10b13f471158e
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 17, 2022
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