Savings Scout
Posted: September 24, 2013
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 |
---|---|
Infected PCs: | 47 |
First Seen: | September 24, 2013 |
---|---|
Last Seen: | October 17, 2021 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Savings Scout is a potentially unwanted application, which provides web users with possibility to save money when shopping online. Savings Scout can be categorized as an adware program. When installed on a compromised PC, Savings Scout may embed its own browser add-on. Savings Scout may show a variety of annoying advertisements, coupons and deals when the web user is visiting online shopping websites. Savings Scout is created by 215 Apps (Innovative Apps) and may be installed on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Usually, Savings Scout comes bundled together with freeware and shareware applications, and is installed on the targeted computer without the PC user's permission. Savings Scout may slow down hijacked web browsers and lead to other serious privacy issues.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ext\CLSID\{11111111-1111-1111-1111-110211391118}
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.