Kellystoys Ads
Posted: July 7, 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: | 49 |
First Seen: | July 7, 2015 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Kellystoys is adware that is responsible for the creation of many pop-ups, banners and in-text ads. These commercial materials may overwhelm your browser, regardless if you use Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. Although the official page of Kellystoys claims the ads are there to help you, in fact, they try to benefit the creators of the adware. As the tool generates traffic towards sponsored third-party sites, its authors get referral commissions. The sites, promoted by adware extensions, are often unreliable. This principle also applies to Kellystoys, but, in this case, the sponsored platforms may even be disturbing as the adware primarily recommends sex toys. The tool may also insert sponsored links among the legitimate search results. This way, you may be transferred to the partner sites even if you have no intention to go there. It is recommended not to click on the ads for security reasons. If Kellystoys redirects you to potentially harmful pages, you may be encouraged to download dangerous content, such as fake updates. When they notice the "Ads by Kellystoys", some people cannot recall installing the questionable application. The adware sometimes enters without the knowledge of the users as it comes bundled with other programs. The security experts don't see any good reason to keep Kellystoys in your PC, so you should consider removing it.
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