Deals Avenue
Posted: June 15, 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: | 295 |
First Seen: | June 10, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | April 10, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Deals Avenue is classified as an adware browser plugin that is promoted as a free tool for online shopping. Deals Avenue claims to provide users with an enhanced shopping experience by providing the best deals and offers for products from all over the Web. However, computer security experts do not advise users to download Deals Avenue. Adware extensions or add-ons such as Deals Avenue are known to collect information related to users' browsing habits and history to display tailored advertisements. Adware developers also utilize questionable methods for distributing their products and get a higher delivery rate. Once installed, Deals Avenue starts displaying annoying advertisements that are used to redirect users to third-party websites. Ads by Deals Avenue are not only annoying, but they are also considered unreliable as they may redirect users to websites that promote questionable software. Computer security experts advise users to remove Deals Avenue using a trusted anti-malware tool to prevent more adware from being attracted to their system.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
CLSID{42284BDB-14AB-4585-9E44-09F8BA970BD9}{be9ac7e3-d95a-4c5d-bf35-036e76287ae3}{dea797b8-75f1-4ea8-b1cc-9b2251ce9cda}{F69D3AFB-6691-4227-B72B-E8260294BDC2}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{585d97b2-82bf-4bc0-8a7d-77ba45d15e0b}
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