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Posted: March 30, 2015
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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: | 10,990 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 4,534 |
First Seen: | March 27, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 16, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Assist Point is classified a Potentially Unwanted Program that exhibits adware capabilities. Users might easily install adware applications as they tend to travel bundled with other third party applications. It is crucial that you remain attentive during the installation process of all applications downloaded to your PC, as you can opt out for unwanted programs such as Assist Point. Once installed, Assist Point automatically starts collecting information on your browsing experience and then applies it for displaying advertisements while you browse. Ads by Assist Point are unreliable and clicking them might attract more adware-laced products.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
The following newly produced Registry Values are:
CLSID{2D64773F-8D12-4BF2-A7F5-F53ABB01A16E}{BB5E54C8-80C0-4679-8962-04D1712A9B40}{dc727a8c-7582-483c-a1c2-2b885f099bb5}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\AssistPointSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{52929675-3CC8-4AF2-9A4D-DF37B3B93A51}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\assistpoint-a.akamaihd.netSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{dc727a8c-7582-483c-a1c2-2b885f099bb5}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\AssistPointSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{52929675-3cc8-4af2-9a4d-df37b3b93a51}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{dc727a8c-7582-483c-a1c2-2b885f099bb5}SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Service Mgr AssistPointSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update Mgr AssistPointSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Service Mgr AssistPointSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Update Mgr AssistPointSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Service Mgr AssistPointSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update Mgr AssistPointHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Assist Point
CLSID{2D64773F-8D12-4BF2-A7F5-F53ABB01A16E}{BB5E54C8-80C0-4679-8962-04D1712A9B40}{dc727a8c-7582-483c-a1c2-2b885f099bb5}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\AssistPointSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{52929675-3CC8-4AF2-9A4D-DF37B3B93A51}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\assistpoint-a.akamaihd.netSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{dc727a8c-7582-483c-a1c2-2b885f099bb5}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\AssistPointSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{52929675-3cc8-4af2-9a4d-df37b3b93a51}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{dc727a8c-7582-483c-a1c2-2b885f099bb5}SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Service Mgr AssistPointSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update Mgr AssistPointSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Service Mgr AssistPointSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Update Mgr AssistPointSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Service Mgr AssistPointSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update Mgr AssistPointHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Assist Point
Additional Information
The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Assist Point%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Assist Point%temp%\Assist Point
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