HaggleDazzle Ads
Posted: September 30, 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: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 33 |
First Seen: | September 24, 2015 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Despite its catchy name, HaggleDazzle is not an add-on that you should keep on your PC. It is simple adware that may overwhelm your web clients with tons of commercial materials. The creators of these tools are the big winners because they receive referral commissions whenever the person clicks on some of the new ads. When the PC users install some adware, they may not be happy with the results that follow. HaggleDazzle is no exception as it creates some pretty intrusive pop-ups, banners, animations and interstitial ads, the last of which may cover your whole screen until you close them. According to the creators of HaggleDazzle, the purpose of the displayed coupons, discounts, special offers and price comparisons is to improve the client’s online shopping. They proudly declare that the computer users will be able to purchase products without hurting their budgets thanks to these advertisements. However, the commercial materials don't offer some real discounts that are otherwise unavailable. Instead, their only purpose is to make you visit third-party affiliate sites. To make sure you will click on as many ads as possible, the developers of HaggleDazzle apply two different approaches. First, their pop-ups and banners may appear on many different sites. Some of the ads may be positioned very cleverly so that you may click on them accidentally. Second, the ads may be appealing to the user because they are based on the surfing history of the particular person. Security experts don't advise you to click on them because nothing guarantees that the commercial materials will not lead to some compromised page. The presence of the adware may also lead to small functionality issues because it may burden your PC. Luckily, a powerful anti-malware tool can delete HaggleDazzle easily.
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