BabyMegs Ads
Posted: January 22, 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.
Threat Level: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 16 |
First Seen: | January 22, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | January 10, 2019 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
BabyMegs is not a suitable application that can teach you how to take care of your baby. This tool is a regular adware that may fill all of your Web clients with marketing materials. The statement that this extension will provide advice to new parents is a bit misleading. You may indeed see links to some sites devoted to the child's upbringing, but most of the commercial materials will try to sell you something. In most cases, PC users are not happy with this behavior, so they seek ways to delete the adware. As it turns out, not all of the installations are properly authorized by the clients. Certain free applications may bring the adware as a bonus free component. BabyMegs may create add-ons in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Unlike legit plugins, this one doesn't need your explicit permission to cause modifications. It may remove your preferred homepage and set a low-quality search engine as the new starting site. If you perform a search on it, you may notice large quantities of sponsored links. The marketing materials by BabyMegs may take all kinds of forms. For example, you may face some rather intrusive pop-ups, banners, videos, transitional ads, and so on. Their blinking elements and eye-catching colors may distract or annoy you. Some of these new ads may be unreliable, so you should be careful. If you notice a message claiming that you have won the lottery or there is threats on your PC, you should ignore it. Some of the partner sites may try to collect data from you like your email address that may be used for marketing purposes. If your Web clients show errors or function sluggishly, it is most likely because of the multimedia ads. You may not manage to disable the extension manually. In such case, you should use advanced security software to delete BabyMegs.
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