DownQuick
Posted: September 26, 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.
Threat Level: | 1/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 241 |
First Seen: | September 26, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | May 23, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
DownQuick is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that will make certain changes to your web browsers. DownQuick is a free download manager through which you can download all sorts of free download content. Usually, users are tricked into using this PUP because of its useful features like speed, option for multiple downloads, pause & continue download, multitasking and also the option for link capture. What may cause PC users to not want to keep DownQuick is that tends to show advertisements and pop-up ads during web browsing. The advertisements can be coupons, underlined keywords, banners or pop-ups. A PC user can get DownQuick on a computer without even knowing it since this is one of the most popular ways of distribution - being bundled with another freeware. If you do not wish to see pop-ups regularly and let your computer work normally, it would be better to find a way to remove this program.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
File name without pathDownQuick.lnkHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}{546E6D59-032E-4D99-BF90-6646F2529F76}
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