Cooltech
Posted: October 22, 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: | 2,185 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 6,647 |
First Seen: | October 22, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | October 16, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Cooltech is detected as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) with adware capabilities by various anti-virus and anti-malware software. Cooltech may be distributed via different marketing methods, but the most common one is the bundling technique. Users download free content all the time; problem is that very often there are undesired applications that are installed due to lack of attention. Applications like Cooltech may change your browser homepage and default search engine as well as slow down your Internet connection at times. Since adware-related application collect browsing data, Cooltech adware might inject several advertisements that are related to your web-browsing habits and history. What is more, Cooltech may cause your system to display not only advertisements, banners and pop-ups, but also fake security messages that may seem crucial.
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