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Posted: June 28, 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.
Ranking: | 6,251 |
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Threat Level: | 8/10 |
Infected PCs: | 34,937 |
First Seen: | June 28, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The ads by Ad4Pop that you may witness during your surfing sessions may not originate from the currently viewed sites. These pop-ups, banners, and interstitial ads may appear when a highly questionable extension attaches towards your browsers. The experts classify Ad4Pop as adware. The unwanted plugin may be found in the add-on managers of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, but you may encounter various issues if you try to disable Ad4Pop manually. PC users typically don't install this adware willingly. Its presence in the system is often a surprise. Ad4Pop may sneak in unnoticed in combination with other freeware, which is an approach known as bundling. The developers of suspicious applications may use it for distribution. This method may be very efficient in case you skip details because a single permission will install all programs in the bundle. The experts encourage you not to use the 'Quick' menu when you load freeware, but to trust the 'Advanced' one instead. This way, you can opt-out of loading suspicious extensions like Ad4Pop. The users also may install this adware when playing games on Ad4pop.com. The games hosted on the page are safe, but some require you to download them to the PC, which will also activate this questionable extension. The primary function of the adware is to redirect you to sponsored domains. To accomplish it, this shady program changes the configuration of your Web clients without confirmation. Ad4Pop may replace your homepage and search engine. As a result, you may notice too many sponsored links whenever you initiate a search. The issue may occur even if you use the legitimate platforms. The adware also may include a lot of commercial materials, which may deteriorate the performance of the browsers. In addition to the mentioned pop-ups and banners, you also may encounter videos, in-text ads or eye-catching animations. Since some of the sponsored pages may be unsafe, it is not recommended to click on the links. Instead, you should consider removing Ad4Pop with reliable security software.
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