GigaDiet Ads
Posted: February 7, 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.
Threat Level: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 16 |
First Seen: | February 7, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | January 10, 2019 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
GigaDiet is a typical adware extension, which may fill Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer with various commercial materials. The cyberspace is full of similar plugins as they may take advantage of the user's online activities to generate referral commissions for the developers. The majority of ad-based applications serve in the same manner. The only difference concerns their description that should convince PC users that they are worth installing. GigaDiet promises to show different diet tips and tricks to help you achieve a good body figure. As it turns out, the majority of pop-ups and banners GigaDiet inserts may not be advice. They may be coupons, special offer, and discounts that may take you to shopping platforms. Whether the sponsored sites are safe or potentially harmful remains uncertain. Some of the affiliate platforms may be legit, only relying on GigaDiet to get more visitors. However, other sites may be potentially threatening as they may spread corrupted programs. You should proceed with caution if you want to click on an ad. It is advisable not to share info as it may be used for commercial purposes. A lot of PC users complain that the functionality of their browsers deteriorates after the installation of GigaDiet. The issues that you may experience are unexpected speed drops, freezes and crashes. They are not caused intentionally, but may happen because the ads may consume a lot of resources. Some people are not happy with GigaDiet changing their homepages to a suspicious search site. You may be unable to set a site of your choice as the starting pointfor your surfing sessions. GigaDiet may rely on deceptive mechanisms to enter – GigaDiet may be a component of some software bundles. The only way to restore the normal performance of your browsers is deleting GigaDiet. A professional security tool will let you eliminate this unwanted application easily.
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:GigaDiet_Setup.exe
File name: GigaDiet_Setup.exeSize: 997.67 KB (997672 bytes)
MD5: 7ab0c88e0e97c9b41466ed62811e2c4f
Detection count: 96
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 7, 2016
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