Breaking News Alert Ads
Posted: November 18, 2014
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: | 8,756 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 13,078 |
First Seen: | November 18, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | September 15, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Breaking News Alert extension offers quick access to news feeds and may attract users into installing it. However, Breaking News Alert browser extension usually comes bundled with freeware and causes the appearance of ads and pop-ups on web browsers. You wouldn't know that Breaking News Alert browser extension is in your freeware unless you use the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' option to install the program. These traits categorize Breaking News Alert browser extension as adware or Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). As part of your web browser, Breaking News Alert may keep track of your clicks and pages you visit. Breaking News Alert browser extension is ad-supported, and its creators may share that information with third parties for market development. Computer users might want to reconsider employing Breaking News Alert extension’s services and may want to remove it.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:C:\Program Files\News.net\BreakingNews\DesktopContainer.exe
File name: DesktopContainer.exeSize: 539.28 KB (539280 bytes)
MD5: 5c8823a909b41efa345d4197d381b837
Detection count: 6,595
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files\News.net\BreakingNews\DesktopContainer.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 23, 2022
Registry Modifications
CLSID{8104a4bb-ca9f-1f0b-8466-9ed71482098c}{ed23c2b7-7455-1804-b4b8-11e49df8406d}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\BreakingNewsAlertService_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\BreakingNewsAlertService_RASMANCSHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}BreakingNewsAlert
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