CareerPronto Ads
Posted: January 9, 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: | 19 |
First Seen: | January 9, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | January 10, 2019 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
CareerPronto is an adware plugin that promises to the PC users to help them find their dream jobs. CareerPronto is very similar to Blast Job and BlingJobs. Just like them, CareerPronto may rely on the bundling method primarily to enter. When you download some third-party freeware, it may suggest you install CareerPronto as a recommended bonus tool. If you perform the setup process via the 'Quick' menu, you may load all components in the bundle simultaneously without having the opportunity to deselect the ones you don't need. To do so, CareerPronto may create a plugin in each of the browsers that you have in the system, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Afterward, CareerPronto may start inserting various commercial materials that the majority of PC users may not appreciate. The ads may come in different shapes, but you may get most annoyed at the pop-ups, banners and interstitial ads, the last of which may cover your whole screen. In addition to them, you also may encounter in-text ads or embedded videos that launch automatically. The combination of so many marketing elements on the majority of sites you open may lead to a noticeable drop in the performance of your Web clients. In some cases, you may even experience freezes and crashes. Side effects like these may occur due to the resource consumption of the ads, especially the multimedia ones. Some of the new deals and coupons may seem appealing to you because the adware may not pick them randomly. They may be tuned based on your surfing history. However, it is not recommended to click on them for security reasons. Some of the sponsored links may transfer the users towards harmful Web pages that may attempt to infect their machines. CareerPronto may change a variety of settings when it enters. CareerPronto may substitute your homepage and default search engine. The specialists advise you to use an advanced security solution for the efficient removal of this adware.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
File name without pathwww.CareerPronto[1].xml
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