Twinkle Star Ads
Posted: August 5, 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: | 16 |
First Seen: | August 5, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | January 10, 2019 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Twinkle Star by SuperWeb LLC is not one of the programs that make a good impression on its clients. Just like the other applications by this infamous company, Twinkle Star is classified as adware. Despite the fact that this tool has an official page, in the majority of cases it reaches the systems of the people inconspicuously. The installation method involves some freeware, which has inserted Twinkle Star into its executable file. If the user skips the details during the setup process, he may let Twinkle Star without knowing. What follows the installation of the adware is the reason many people prefer to delete Twinkle Star. This browser add-on attaches itself to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, and starts displaying numerous commercial materials. The ads come in different types – aggressive pop-ups, banners, videos and interstitial ads may bother you. If some words in the text can be associated with a promoted product, they may also be turned into hyperlinks. Some people surprisingly find out that the ads are pretty accurate. Actually, this coincidence is not random since the displayed content is based on your browsing details. Even if the ads attract your interest, you should not click on them to preserve your PC safe. There are many cases when unsuspecting people have been redirected towards fraudulent or malicious platforms by such marketing materials. Besides everything mentioned, Twinkle Star may interrupt the smooth operation of your web clients. The good news is that a professional malware removal application can easily delete the adware.
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