ExportMasters
Posted: September 3, 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: | 8/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 21 |
First Seen: | September 3, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | January 21, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The cyber security specialists constantly remind the PC users to load freeware through the "Advanced" menu. Otherwise, some highly questionable tools may evade their attention, and they may agree to install them without knowing. One of the suspicious add-ons that rely on this distribution method, which is called "bundling", is ExportMasters. This extension is advertised as a reliable shopping enhancer. Allegedly, the displayed coupons, discounts and offers are there to help you, and will let you buy products at a cheaper price. However, there are good reasons to assume that this adware benefits its creators much more than the clients. They get revenues from boosting the traffic towards partner sites. While some of the sponsored pages may be helpful, others may be not so reliable. There are even cases where the PCs of the unsuspecting users have been infected after clicking on similar ads. The creators of ad-supported extensions don't have a reputation of checking their partners very well. As long as they pay the required referral commission, ExportMasters may redirect the users there. The fact that some of the promoted third-party pages may be unreliable is not the only reason not to keep this adware. ExportMasters may also cause some functionality issues with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The add-on unnecessarily burdens your PC and seizes a part of the resources for its own processes. Even if your machine is powerful, and you don't experience freezes and crashes, you may get very annoyed by the persistent ads. They may be seen on most of the sites you land on, and may even cover some page buttons. You should take all these unpleasant aspects of ExportMasters into consideration. The suggested course of action is to perform a scan with suitable security software to delete the adware.
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