DealBulldog Toolbar

Posted: August 21, 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.

Ranking:	9,989
Threat Level:	1/10
Infected PCs:	771

First Seen:	August 21, 2013
Last Seen:	October 15, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The DealBulldog Toolbar is adware that displays its advertisements under the excuse of providing shopping-related advantages, such as price comparisons and website ratings. The DealBulldog Toolbar may often be installed without your consent, prove difficult to remove and provide questionable advantages for its stated purpose, which forces SpywareRemove.com malware researchers to categorize the DealBulldog Toolbar as adware rather than a beneficial program. While a DealBulldog Toolbar often is installed through typically untrustworthy freeware-downloading sources, you can remove the DealBulldog Toolbar from your browser most efficiently with anti-malware solutions that are generally applicable to all types of unwanted browser add-ons.

Like a Dog with a Bone: the DealBulldog Toolbar and Your PC

The DealBulldog Toolbar does have its own website but also is often distributed through methods that are traditional for Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs), adware and some low-level browser hijackers. In general, software bundles that install the DealBulldog Toolbar rely on marketing a more-desirable application than the DealBulldog Toolbar in their download links, and then install the DealBulldog Toolbar as an 'extra.' Websites known for this abuse of their users should be avoided – or, at least, inspected carefully during the installation of any programs that they provide.

When the DealBulldog Toolbar does get on your PC, the DealBulldog Toolbar ends up providing features that SpywareRemove.com malware experts have difficulty distinguishing from typical adware attacks. Content provided by the DealBulldog Toolbar, while rarely dangerous, often is not sorted for optimal relevance to your shopping interests and may promote affiliates or advertisements in lieu of legitimate shopping links. The DealBulldog Toolbar also is often installed with other PC threats, including the BigSeekPro hijacker, that may conduct attacks of their own against your browser.

Expelling the Stray Hound You Didn't Want Out of Your Browser

Since the DealBulldog Toolbar's shopping advantages are extremely minor compared to the issues the DealBulldog Toolbar causes your Web browser, ordinarily, deleting a DealBulldog Toolbar should be your first point of business after noticing its presence on your PC. Since the DealBulldog Toolbar has a history of being installed with other unwanted browser add-ons with varying functions and degrees of hostility, SpywareRemove.com malware research team especially encourages using thorough anti-malware scans whenever you need to remove the DealBulldog Toolbar and disinfect your computer.

If practiced sensibly, safe browsing habits can prevent your computer from being exposed to a DealBulldog Toolbar infection at all, however. Always research a website prior to trusting downloads that it offers, scan any downloaded files before launching them and, as a general rule, avoiding broad freeware sites with histories of distributing malware like the DealBulldog Toolbar should be considered to keep your browser from suffering through having any unnecessary 'add-ons' tacked onto itself.

DealBulldog Toolbar

Threat Metric

Like a Dog with a Bone: the DealBulldog Toolbar and Your PC

Expelling the Stray Hound You Didn't Want Out of Your Browser

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