GamesShift Ads
Posted: December 14, 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: | 1/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 21 |
First Seen: | December 14, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | June 4, 2021 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
GamesShift is an advertising Web browser extension that may be installed without the user's knowledge. The GamesShift extension may be promoted as a great and useful utility that allows users to play a broad range of engaging and fun games directly from their Web browser. Although all this may seem like a great way to enhance your Web browser's functionality, you should be aware that GamesShift has a very poor reputation, and the installation of this extension may cause annoying and hard to resolve issues associated with your Web browser's performance and stability.
One of the first notable changes that GamesShfit may introduce is unwanted ads that may appear on every website you visit. GamesShift ads aren't considered threatening, but they may sometimes provide users with misleading content, so there's a slight chance that they may promote harmful or unsafe Web destinations too. If you have GamesShift installed, and this extension's advertisements are appearing in your Web browser, then you should not follow the links they point to. Apart from displaying annoying ads, GamesShift also may monitor your Web browsing activities and gather usage details that may be used for marketing purposes. Overall, GamesShift may be associated with several suspicious activities, and the negative sides of this extension certainly outweigh the positive ones. GamesShift's removal should be your top priority, so don't hesitate to tackle this minor annoyance with the assistance of a reputable anti-malware software suite.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:GamesShift_Setup.exe
File name: GamesShift_Setup.exeSize: 1 MB (1003640 bytes)
MD5: 0a1e96d56d72dd6a40e9bc9caf3e5fc6
Detection count: 49
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 15, 2015
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