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Posted: September 15, 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.
Ranking: | 7,047 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 9,933 |
First Seen: | September 15, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 8, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
If during your online sessions you notice some "Ads by SegmentAssister", your web clients are undoubtedly under the influence of adware. This tiny application has only one purpose, which is to include some additional commercial materials in your browsers. It attaches towards all present web clients in the form of an add-on. Most of the people who have SegmentAssister on their PCs cannot recall installing it intentionally. This fact is not surprising since the adware doesn't even possess an official page that can be used to download the extension. SegmentAssister may travel together with other free programs. The term for this distribution method is "bundling", and it is primarily used to spread questionable tools. In case the person loads his new freeware through the "Quick" menu, he may not understand there are additions. For this reason, you should always rely on the "Advanced" guide. When SegmentAssister enters, it immediately creates pop-ups, banners and interstitial ads, which you may notice whenever your launch Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. Despite the name of this adware, it most often doesn't assist its clients. The commercial materials boost the traffic towards sites that may not have other means to get visitors. This may lead you to unknown e-commerce platforms, and buying anything from them may be a risky enterprise. You also may land on compromised pages that may spread potentially dangerous software. Even if you decide not to pay attention to the ads, you may still face some functionality issues with your browsers such as slower operating speed. The best way to remove this adware is to use a credible anti-malware solution.
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