Lightning SpeedDial
Posted: February 11, 2014
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: | 4,313 |
---|---|
Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 5,832 |
First Seen: | February 11, 2014 |
---|---|
Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Lightning SpeedDial is adware that may display various disturbing pop-up ads, banners and messages on the desktop of the computer system. The messages, banners and ads displayed by Lightning SpeedDial may incorporate a variety of discount coupons, special deals, sales, discount coupons and offers that may emerge on the computer's screen while the PC user is browsing the Web. Lightning SpeedDialmay seem to be a beneficial tool as it may allow the PC user to get to know about numerous discounts, deals, sales and the low prices. However, later the computer user may see how annoying is anything pertaining to Lightning SpeedDial. The main goal of Lightning SpeedDial may be to market numerous products, services and unknown websites. Lightning SpeedDial may collect information about the PC user's online activity and transfer and use this data for targeted marketing purposes. Lightning SpeedDial may repeatedly divert PC users to questionable websites that may be commercial.
Leave a Reply
Please note that we are not able to assist with billing and support issues regarding SpyHunter or other products. If you're having issues with SpyHunter, please get in touch with SpyHunter customer support through your SpyHunter . If you have SpyHunter billing questions, we recommend you check the Billing FAQ. For general suggestions or feedback, contact us.