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Posted: July 17, 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:	37

First Seen:	July 17, 2015
Last Seen:	November 19, 2020
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

FreezeThePrice is a browser extension that delivers advertising content as theoretical benefits to your online shopping routine. In addition to its advertisement delivery mechanisms being invasive, malware researchers also found some cases of FreezeThePrice being installed automatically and exploiting formats preventing an easy uninstall routine. Unless exceptional reasons dictate a different response, most PC owners should delete FreezeThePrice and all equivalent advertising software with the help of their favorite anti-adware program.

The Chill of New Adware Inviting Itself to Your Browser

FreezeThePrice is one of the newest variants of previous Ads By Name software, with all visible evidence of its distribution campaign only going back to July of 2015. Although malware experts verified FreezeThePrice's full compatibility with the Chrome browser, FreezeThePrice isn't distributed in the Chrome's Web store. The probable installation strategies for FreezeThePrice range from corrupted scripts embedded in Web advertisements to bundling with freeware, with no individual tactic as of yet verified.

The mystery of its entrance methods aside, malware experts found FreezeThePrice implementing its advertising content in the same way as past Ads By Name extensions. Obvious symptoms may include:

Graphical elements may be injected into or superimposed on top of your Web pages as Chrome loads them.
FreezeThePrice may load 'interstitial' advertising pages that take up the entire window when you try to navigate to an unrelated site.
FreezeThePrice also may modify your search results with additional, sponsored links.

A majority of advertising content from FreezeThePrice labels itself as being such, allowing PC users to detect FreezeThePrice's installation immediately. However, FreezeThePrice may be installed in formats that try to block the underlying extension's detection or deletion, including failing to load entries in Chrome's Extensions menu. Using Chrome's built-in Task Manager utility (via the Shift + Escape shortcut) may let you identify a currently-running FreezeThePrice process or the lack of one.

Turning Up the Heat on FreezeThePrice

Most adware programs tend to have poor reputations for delivering advertising content that's rated and sorted for the audience's safety. Malware experts found FreezeThePrice keeping to this unfortunate trend, with FreezeThePrice loading advertisements that may include fraudulent system alerts. These alerts may mislead you about the integrity of your PC, promote fake software products or initiate phishing tactics that may collect money or information. As a result, any contact with FreezeThePrice's affiliates may expose you to other threats and should be done with appropriate protection, such as threatening script-blocking applications.

For any casual PC user, running an anti-adware program as soon as possible after identifying browser advertisements from FreezeThePrice is the most efficient means of removing this extension. After you've removed FreezeThePrice, you also should consider double-checking likely installation exploits that could have resulted in this adware's presence originally. PC users that download freeware from torrents or other, questionable sources are especially likely targets of adware installers. However, adware like FreezeThePrice also may take advantage of the presence of actual threats, and variants of the Ads By Name family rarely have scrupulous business practices.

FreezeThePrice Ads

Threat Metric

The Chill of New Adware Inviting Itself to Your Browser

Turning Up the Heat on FreezeThePrice

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