GetFlightInfo Toolbar
Posted: November 26, 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.
Ranking: | 1,975 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 14,020 |
First Seen: | November 15, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
GetFlightInfo by Mindspark is a Web toolbar that offers information about departing and arriving flights. Allegedly, you should receive comprehensive directions, status, and real-time data about any unexpected circumstances. Although this feature may seem appealing to some people who travel regularly or want to check the flights of their friends, it may not be a good idea to install the toolbar. The experts add GetFlightInfo to the list of Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) due to the presence of some side effects that may affect surfing experience negatively. This tool possesses adware capabilities as it may insert large amounts of commercial materials in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. This behavior is typical for the products of Mindspark. The ads that you may encounter after the installation of GetFlightInfo may be pop-ups, banners, interstitial ads and some videos. The PUP may track the sites that you visit in an effort to tune the displayed coupons and vouchers to your taste. You should be cautious if you want to explore the ads because they may lead you to highly questionable websites sometimes. The toolbar also may change a lot of settings automatically. For example, it may replace your homepage or the site you see when you open new tabs. The Mindspark programs may promote manipulated Ask-based search engines that may display inaccurate results to transfer the user to its partners. Some people may notice a decline in the functionality of their browsers, which can be explained by the resource consumption from some of the commercial materials. If you didn't download GetFlightInfo intentionally, it might have entered bundled with other programs. It is advisable to use reliable security software to eliminate this PUP.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
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