PopShopCoupon

Posted: June 25, 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:	2/10
Infected PCs:	93

First Seen:	June 25, 2015
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

PopShopCoupon is a browser add-on that may deliver advertisements, particularly advertisements associated with online shopping. While PopShopCoupon isn't a threat, PopShopCoupon may have tendencies of delivering advertisements that could harm your computer and utilize multiple means of preventing you from uninstalling PopShopCoupon. Consequentially, malware experts suggest that you use an anti-adware program to remove PopShopCoupon and thereby improve your online security.

The Coupons Delivering More than Savings

PopShopCoupon is one of a rapidly increasing group of adware applications that prefer to modify the Chrome browser while ignoring alternatives like Safari or Internet Explorer. Although malware experts haven't seen PopShopCoupon being distributed through the Chrome Store, PopShopCoupon appears to be using bundles with other free products for its installation. Alternative distribution methods, such as installation via threatening software, have yet to be confirmed.

Some of the most readily discernible symptoms of a PopShopCoupon extension in your browser may include:

PopShopCoupon may inject self-tagged advertisements into unrelated Web pages. These advertisements normally format themselves as shopping coupons or time-limited offers, but may include banners and additional graphical elements. These advertisements may ignore any advertisement-blocking utilities installed on your browser that disable native advertising content.
PopShopCoupon also may redirect your browser to full-page offers, such as interstitial advertisements. While hijacking your browser, the extension may incidentally block your access to other Web pages.
Although PopShopCoupon doesn't display an identifiable memory process globally, you may identify PopShopCoupon in Chrome's specialized Task Manager application. Press Shift + Esc while in Chrome to launch this application and view Chrome's current processes, potentially including PopShopCoupon. It is a default security feature of this browser to have and individual processes for all tabs.

PopShopCoupon advertisements are not intentionally meant to harm your PC, but may, on occasion, be hazardous. Malware experts last saw toxic content delivered through PopShopCoupon in the guise of fake Flash updates, most likely for installing threatening software.

Closing Up the Adware Shop

Most adware programs aren't classifiable as threats, but, nonetheless, may be contact points with threats or other malign content. Browser extensions that have histories of poor advertisement security, such as PopShopCoupon, should be considered for uninstallation, regardless of any theoretical benefits they might provide. Until you've done so, malware experts would advise watching for common advertisement-based attacks that might deliver themselves through PopShopCoupon. These attacks may include fake software patches, script-based imitations of system scanners and special offers that request information. Any and all of these may be phishing attacks or attempts to install threats on your PC.

PopShopCoupon doesn't load an appropriate, identifiable extension entry, and its files are most readily detectable with anti-adware equipment. Scanning your PC with a dependable anti-adware program, particularly after restarting in Safe Mode, can allow any PC user to delete PopShopCoupon with a minimum of trouble. Nonetheless, minding your file downloads is equally important, from a Web security perspective, for preventing PopShopCoupon's ingress in the first place.

PopShopCoupon

Threat Metric

The Coupons Delivering More than Savings

Closing Up the Adware Shop

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