Cartwise Ads
Posted: January 26, 2018
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: | 1,243 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 1,316 |
First Seen: | September 19, 2023 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Cartwise is an adware application, which might be offered to users when they browse websites known to host adult or pirated content. The offer happens with the help of fake pop-ups or advertisements, which tell the visitors that they need to complete a verification process to proceed. The surprising part is that sometimes the verification also requires them to install Cartwise. However, you can rest assured that a legitimate service or website will never ask you to install a dubious 3rd-party add-on, and any offer of this sort should be taken with a grain of salt.
When the Cartwise extension is added to a Web browser such as Chrome, Firefox or Opera, it may display various ads regularly, which might promote a broad range of products and services. However, the majority of the Cartwise ads appear to lead to Amazon product links whose URLs also include an affiliate ID. Basically, this means that the authors of Cartwise are using its ad-injecting capabilities to lure users to purchase products via their affiliate links, therefore netting them a hefty commission for each successful sale.
Cartwise is not harmful, but it can be rather annoying to deal with certainly. Cartwise may have an adverse impact on your Web browsing experience due to the large number of ads it will inject in all active browser tabs. Thankfully, you can make sure to never see the Cartwise ads again by running a reputable PC security tool that will dispose of this parasite.
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