Sale Planet Ads
Posted: March 3, 2016
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: | 16 |
First Seen: | March 3, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | January 10, 2019 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Sale Planet is suspicious adware developed by SuperWeb LLC, which may include additional commercial materials in the browsers. This software developer may stand behind dozens of similarly unreliable extensions. Their primary function is not to assist the users or improve their online shopping experience. The reason for the existence of Sale Planet and another adware by SuperWeb LLC is to cause page impressions on affiliated sites, which generates pay-per-click or pay-per-install commissions. Instead of making the surfing sessions of the person more productive or enjoyable, Sale Planet may ruin them. The reason for the prevailingly negative user feedback of this adware is mainly connected with the quantity of new commercial materials. You may encounter multiple pop-ups or banners on almost every site you open. There also may be double underlined words that serve as hyperlinks, which is an approach named 'in-text advertising.' In addition to them, you may see transitional or interstitial ads, which may disturb the performance of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Some of the sponsored links by Sale Planet may block page buttons and navigation tools, hoping you will click on them accidentally. Other ads may contain fake 'X' buttons that don't close the window but open a promoted site. Sale Planet may monitor your surfing history to make the offered products relevant to your taste. As a result, some coupons and discounts may seem to be just the thing you need. However, if you want to explore them for security reasons, you should be careful. Some ads may be corrupted, and may redirect you to unsafe sites. Sale Planet has an official site, which is only used to host the 'Terms and Conditions' of the adware so that the users cannot have any legal claims. The download button on saleplanet.net is broken. The adware may enter in inconspicuous ways, hidden in software bundles. Although the app is very small in size, it may be quite stubborn, which is why the experts suggest you use advanced security software to delete it.
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