LighterInstance
Posted: June 15, 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: | 13,458 |
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Threat Level: | 8/10 |
Infected PCs: | 1,717 |
First Seen: | June 15, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 12, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
LighterInstance is a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program), whose presence on your system is ill-advised. Even if LighterInstance is not a malicious application that damages computers directly, it may still annoy users with its aggressive advertisement techniques. Additionally, malware security experts refer to LighterInstance as riskware because of the possibility of malware infection as a result of its advertisement offers. PUPs like LighterInstance rarely provide anything beneficial and are most often created with the purpose of generating revenue for their developers via sponsored ad content. The distressing detail is that LighterInstance does not exercise any control over the security or the type of content it delivers. Clicking on LighterInstance ads is done solely on the user's responsibility and may lead to the installation of more adware or unreliable applications. Furthermore, LighterInstance utilizes deceiving distribution techniques that may allow it to penetrate your system unnoticed. Security experts recommend that you always opt for 'Custom' or 'Advanced' installation and pay close attention when installing freeware, lest you want to deal with the likes of LighterInstance.
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