Kiswin
Posted: June 1, 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: | 8/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 616 |
First Seen: | June 1, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 9, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Kiswin is classified as an adware infection that is known to be distributed using questionable delivery methods. Typically, users may acquire Kiswin when downloading free applications. Adware creators often rely on the fact that users are not attentive during the installation process of free software and accidentally install the additional apps that are bundled with it. To prevent your system from getting infected with adware such as Kiswin, it is advised to choose the "Advanced" installation mode and opt out the unnecessary products. However, if users accidentally install Kiswin, they will notice that it displays plenty of irritating advertisements. Ads by Kiswin are based on your browsing history, IP address, and other non-identifiable information that was pre-collected by the software. Ads by Kiswin are also non-related to the underlying web page and may slow down your computer significantly. Also, like any other adware, Kiswin is known to attract more of its kind. Computer security experts advise users to remove Kiswin using a trusted anti-malware tool.
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