GasGlance Toolbar
Posted: October 12, 2015
Threat Metric
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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: | 403 |
First Seen: | September 18, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | May 31, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
GasGlance is a web toolbar that may cause you more issues than benefits. The name of the company that developed it is Mindspark Interactive Network. It is well-known to the cyber security industry because this firm is responsible for the creation of dozens of questionable applications. Just like the majority of them, GasGlance is adware that may overwhelm you with tons of unrequested ads. Many people wonder how this unreliable software found a way to enter their systems. Although its official site hosts it, the toolbar may arrive combined with other programs, whose license is typically free. The name of this approach is 'bundling.' It is an efficient tactic to spread questionable applications because unless you perform the installation process through the 'Advanced' menu, you may miss their presence. When the setup procedure is complete, you may notice GasGlance in all available web clients, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The presence of the toolbar may be accompanied by quite a few other modifications. For example, you may notice another homepage and not the one that you have set. Mindspark may promote a manipulated version of the Ask search sites that may display links towards partner sites at the first few positions. The adware also generate may some additional commercial materials in the form of pop-ups, banners, interstitial ads and some videos that may launch without any interaction from the user. The nature of the displayed coupons, discounts and offers depends on your browsing history, so that they may attract your attention. However, you should be careful because some ads may lead to unsafe sites that may try to infect or lure you. You may be unable to delete GasGlance Toolbar in the normal way, so you should use credible security software.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
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The following files were created in the system:C:\Program Files\gasglance_5i chrome extension\bar\GasGlanceCrxSetup.exe
File name: C:\Program Files\gasglance_5i chrome extension\bar\GasGlanceCrxSetup.exeMD5: b4b99f58685e084d7743c442dfce6a42
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
C:\Program Files\GasGlance_5i Chrome Extension\bar\GasGlanceCrxSetup.exe /u
File name: C:\Program Files\GasGlance_5i Chrome Extension\bar\GasGlanceCrxSetup.exe /uMime Type: unknown/exe /u
Group: Malware file
Registry Modifications
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