High Stairs Ads
Posted: August 24, 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.
Ranking: | 8,098 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 7,958 |
First Seen: | August 19, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 15, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
High Stairs Ads is a potentially unwanted program that some computer security experts may classify to be adware. The High Stairs Ads are usually presented as pop-ups or banners that display while you are surfing the internet. Use of the High Stairs Ads by clicking on them may result in redirects that take you to pages that have unwanted content or are misleading in their offers for shopping on the internet. In some cases web browser applications may have reduced performance due to the High Stairs Ads and its add-on components running in the background. Eliminating High Stairs Ads and its add-on components or browser extensions may involve use of an antimalware application with the ability to detect and remove adware threats or potentially unwanted programs.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
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