PUP.SouthStarCo
Posted: January 3, 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: | 7,899 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 2,633 |
First Seen: | January 3, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | October 8, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PUP.SouthStarCo is known to be a potentially unwanted application with adware functionalities, which may emerge on a computer system as a potentially unwanted toolbar. PUP.SouthStarCo may be able to hack all web browsers that are installed on the PC. The main symptom, which may indicate that PUP.SouthStarCo is installed on the computer, is repeated pop-up messages and notifications about offers, discount coupons and other deals. The creators of the offers sent by PUP.SouthStarCo may strive to make a profit by unwillingly rerouting PC users to unreliable websites that may pay money for advertising them. PUP.SouthStarCo may trace the computer user's browsing activity and transmit and use this data with the aim of performing targeted advertising. PUP.SouthStarCo may invade the computer system through bundled freeware and enter the PC without the computer user's approval. To avoid the download of PUP.SouthStarCo, computer users should pay more attention to the installation process of free apps. Typically, PC users should unmark the check box that may agree to download PUP.SouthStarCo. When installed on the computer system, PUP.SouthStarCo may substitute the default search service and start page with a questionable website.
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