Boomdeal
Posted: November 26, 2014
Threat Metric
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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: | 33 |
First Seen: | November 19, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | July 7, 2020 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Boomdeal is a Potentially Unwanted Program belonging to the sub-classification of adware, or a program that loads additional advertising content. Although the text link-based advertisements preferred by Boomdeal installations are highly visible, they may allow security issues of a less obvious nature to occur, such as exposing you to fake software updates. Between the debatable nature of its actual benefits and the issues surrounding Boomdeal, deleting Boomdeal through specialized anti-adware programs should be contemplated before any other response.
When Your Site Text goes 'Boom' with Advertisements
Boomdeal is adware confirmed to install itself for Firefox, but uses advertising functions similar to those of adware seen in other browsers. Boomdeal monitors Web pages as they load for pure text content, which Boomdeal may inject with links to its advertising affiliates. While malware experts normally find such behavior limited to modifying keywords that are chosen for their 'relevance' to an advertisement, Boomdeal may inject its advertisements into virtually any Web page text.
Common Boomdeal advertisements may format themselves as special offers, coupons or discount codes that may assist with your online shopping. Simultaneously, they also may be points of exposures to online scams or infection vectors that may seek to install threatening software. Of the former, fake gift lotteries, technical support hotlines and scamware-promoting imitations of system scans are some of the most common attacks. Malware researchers also sometimes observe advertisement networks compromised by 'invisible' threats such as scripts that could be loaded by Boomdeal through an unprotected Web browser.
Boomdeal previously used a website at boom-deal.com to distribute itself, although this domain currently is in a state of abandonment. Its latest campaigns, as of November 2014, seem to be using bundles and other means of installation that may occur automatically. Currently, Boomdeal is most often reported among European PCs, particularly for Finland.
Dealing Yourself a No-Advertisements Browser
With the demise of its website, Boomdeal is left to install itself through the same methods other adware products may abuse: bundles with other applications, Trojan downloaders and browser vulnerabilities that initiate attacks. The first two of these exploits are most likely to be used by modern variants of Boomdeal, and, in some cases, examining an installation utility's options may let you avoid installing Boomdeal. In cases where visual inspection is inadequate, or you've procured files from particularly suspect sources, your anti-adware products can identify a would-be Boomdeal installer during a simple file scan.
Like most explosions, Boomdeal may make a loud, but ultimately brief impact on your Web browser. As long as you remove Boomdeal as soon as Boomdeal is identified, and take care to avoid any prolonged contact with threatening advertisement content, your PC shouldn't suffer any long term damage from this PUP. However, double-checking all of your Firefox settings after deleting Boomdeal also may be a wise precaution to keep your Web surfing as advertisement-free as possible.
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