RockCoupon Ads
Posted: August 27, 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.
Threat Level: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 93 |
First Seen: | August 19, 2015 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
RockCoupon is a suspicious web browser extension that may often be installed without the user's knowledge. The purpose of the RockCoupon extension is to help the user find better deals and products online by providing them with product suggestions, price comparisons, and information about available promotional coupons. This may seem like an attractive offer since it can save you money, but you may be disappointed to hear that the RockCoupon extension doesn't work as promised. Installing it won't help you save money, and you may witness some of the annoying side effects that RockCoupon's installation is known to bring.
The RockCoupon extension works as adware. As long as it is installed, your web browser may be flooded with RockCoupon Ads that are impossible to get rid of unless you remove their source. Removing the RockCoupon extension manually may not prove to be enough to eliminate the advertisements it displays, so security experts advise users tired of RockCoupon ads to use a reputable anti-malware application while addressing the adware issue.
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