Wise-Buy Ads
Posted: October 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: | 20 |
First Seen: | October 5, 2015 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Wise-Buy is an ad-supported extension that promises to optimize your online shopping. Allegedly, the add-on should save money on your purchases by showing good deals and discounts suitable to your taste. The adware indeed displays many ads, but its presence may not be beneficial to the clients. In fact, a significant part of the users prefer not to keep Wise-Buy on their PCs. Just like most types of adware, this one may rely primarily on the bundling method to reach the systems of its clients. This statement is supported by the fact that the official product page doesn't contain a download button. When Wise-Buy travels in addition to freeware, it is not surprising that many people cannot recall installing it. However, if the adware enters your system, it will not take too long for the computer user to notice its presence. It creates various pop-ups, banners, in-text ads and videos that may launch automatically as soon as you load the page. Some of these new commercial materials may be labeled as 'Powered by Wise-Buy.' Just like any other similar add-on, the developers of Wise-Buy benefit from referral commissions whenever the user clicks on some links. To make sure the clients will enjoy the displayed products, the adware monitors their surfing history. Clicking on the sponsored materials may not always be a good idea because they may lead to compromised platforms. Even if the promoted domain is some seemingly safe shopping site, you can never be sure whether it is safe. If you decide to switch to another browser to stop seeing the ads, you may be up for a bad surprise because Wise-Buy modifies at the same time Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. To delete the questionable add-on, you may need to use special security software.
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