CM Addon

Posted: November 28, 2013

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

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:	1/10
Infected PCs:	12

First Seen:	December 2, 2013
Last Seen:	October 2, 2021
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The CM Addon is an adware browser add-on developed and distributed by Engaging Apps. As a Potentially Unwanted Program, the CM Addon isn't deliberately hazardous to your PC like a Trojan or rootkit, but the CM Addon does display advertisements that potentially may endanger your PC. Non-consensual installation processes and partial installations that cause the CM Addon to load advertisements without any visible plugin components also are highly suspicious traits connected with this adware program, and appropriate browser security techniques should be applied to prevent your browser from loading the CM Addon advertisements. Removing the CM Addon from your browser always is encouraged by malware experts, no matter how visible – or invisible – the CM Addon may be at the time.

The Advertisements that Don't Always Ask for Permission to Play

The ease of making fast, no-questions-asked revenues through online advertisements bundled with browser add-ons continues to have undesirable side effects wherein PUPs drift ever closer to threats in terms of delivery methods and overall characteristics. Malware researchers have seen just such a negative evolution with the CM Addon, which is described as a legitimate advertising utility, but often is installed arbitrarily. Software sites that include bundlers in their downloads are the primary sources of most forms of adware like the CM Addon, although other techniques also are exploited upon occasion, up to and including the involvement of Trojan downloaders.

The CM Addon doesn't generate pop-ups or graphics-based advertisements, and, for that reason, may go unnoticed for some time. The only browser modifications malware experts have confirmed the CM Addon as making all involve injecting advertising links into specific keywords for the text content of unrelated sites. Seeing inappropriately highlighted words or sites that provide keyword advertisements for completely unaffiliated services are the two simplest ways of visibly detecting a CM Addon. However, the CM Addon also has the potential capability to display other formats of advertising, including interstitial advertisements and the infamous pop-up advertisement.

Detaching the Advertisement Addition of a CM Addon from Your Browser

Since the CM Addon may be installed in any of various formats, some of which eschew a traditional plugin interface, a CM Addon's new links in your browser may be the only major symptom of the presence of new and undesirable adware. Deleting software that's installed compulsorily simply is a good practice for your PC's safety, and malware experts would emphasize that by noting the CM Addon also monitors your Web-browsing behavior through cookies, making the CM Addon modestly invasive of your privacy. Nonetheless, CM Addon is a PUP, not spyware, and shouldn't be considered in danger of stealing login passwords or other highly sensitive information.

With many of the CM Addon's components not exactly guaranteed to be visible or easily uninstallable (regardless of the claims of its company), deleting a CM Addon isn't always a simple matter of a trip to the Windows Control Panel. Using anti-malware products to delete a CM Addon and other types of adware always is considered the safest thing for your PC.

CM Addon

Threat Metric

The Advertisements that Don't Always Ask for Permission to Play

Detaching the Advertisement Addition of a CM Addon from Your Browser

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