Cooking Up Coupons
Posted: June 4, 2015
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: | 73 |
First Seen: | June 2, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | May 10, 2019 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Cooking up Coupons is a Potentially Unwanted Program with adware capabilities mainly distributed using questionable delivery methods. Users may download the Cooking up Coupons applications from their official website or find it bundled with other free software. Cooking up Coupons claims to provide users with the best coupons and deals related to online shopping. However, computer security experts deemed that this unwanted application automatically collects information from your browsing history. Consequently, all deals presented by Cooking up Coupons are considered unreliable as they are tailored according to users' online preferences. Cooking up Coupons may also display plenty of advertising materials that consume a large portion of CPU and might cause your computer to run rather sluggishly. It also became clear that adware applications such as Cooking up Coupons might attract more unwanted products and adware to your system, and this is why it is advised to remove it using a trusted anti-malware tool.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{36e9a343-65bb-499a-969c-b6a98a8f689f}
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