FutureGames Ads
Posted: February 29, 2016
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: | 17,203 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 600 |
First Seen: | August 21, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | September 18, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
If your browser starts generating intrusive ads with the slogan 'Ads by FutureGames,' it means that your browser has been compromised by adware. FutureGames is a cross-compatible Web extension, so FutureGames may attach simultaneously to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. It wouldn't be surprising if you cannot remember downloading or installing this adware. Its developers don't spread it as stand-alone software. They haven't created an official page for FutureGames, and you cannot find the suspicious tool on legit platforms for Web extension like the Chrome Web Store. FutureGames relies on the bundling method to evade the attention of some less focused PC users. If you download freeware from questionable sources and install it without reading the details, you may give permission for the installation of FutureGames without knowing. Luckily, the 'Advanced' menu shows a list of all components in the bundle, so you may unmark the checkboxes of the unwanted ones and prevent their access. FutureGames may not improve your Internet shopping. The discounts and offers that FutureGames may show will likely take you to suspicious pages, which you shouldn't trust. You may not enjoy the presence of the various pop-ups, banners, in-text ads and interstitial ads. First, they may become an integral part of each of your surfing sessions. You may encounter them everywhere, even on sites that were previously ad-free. Second, these commercial materials may make the performance of your Web clients poor. If you need to open a few tabs at once, each of them containing several multimedia ads, your browser may freeze or even crash. FutureGames also may make some changes in the configuration to boost the traffic to its partners even more. For example, the adware may replace your homepage with a suspicious search engine that may show manipulated results. This extension is not like the legit add-ons that you can disable manually with a few clicks. FutureGames is pretty stubborn, so you should consider using a dedicated security solution to delete FutureGames.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\FutureGames
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