Discovery App
Posted: November 2, 2015
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: | 4,987 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 13,921 |
First Seen: | October 29, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 14, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Discovery App is the next questionable piece of software by SuperWeb LLC. The name of this company is associated with dozens of ad-oriented Web extensions such as Information Vent, Thirteen Degrees and Jungle Net The products of this developer may fill the browsers with unrequested commercial materials, which the clients may perceive as a highly annoying process. The Discovery App works in an identical way as other unreliable programs by this firm. This tool possesses an official page, but you may be interested to find out that it doesn't contain a download button. Its preferred and commonly applied distribution strategy is called 'bundling.' You may load the Discovery App unintentionally in case you skip the details during the installation of some cost-free applications. When it gets access to the PC, this suspicious add-on may attach towards all of the browsers you have on your PC. You may notice a different homepage when you launch Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. SuperWeb LLC may set low-quality search engines as starting pages to redirect users towards its partners. As you surf the Web, you also may notice increased amounts of pop-ups, banners and interstitial ads. Some of them may be labeled as 'Powered by SuperWeb LLC,' but others may seem as if they were part of the specific webpage. It is not advisable to click on new commercial elements because you cannot be certain about they leading to legitimate sites. It is possible some compromised links to take you to compromised sites that may cause problems for your system. Some users complain that Discovery App may reappear if they attempt a manual removal from the Control Panel, so you should use a dedicated security solution.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
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