Lightning Savings
Posted: November 13, 2013
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: | November 13, 2013 |
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Last Seen: | January 10, 2019 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Lightning Savings is an adware application that renders several pop-up ads that share online savings deals and coupon offers. Many of the links displayed in Lightning Savings ads will redirect users to unwanted sites or ones that attempt to display other online shopping saving offers. Even though Lightning Savings is not a virus, it performs many unwanted actions, such as changing your web browser's default home page address. Removal of Lightning Savings can be done through the use of an antispyware tool.
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:LightningSavings.exe
File name: LightningSavings.exeSize: 3.91 MB (3916632 bytes)
MD5: 7a51e4e4d3722bf2cae8c1b010cc2cee
Detection count: 62
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 17, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES%\Lightning Savings\Lightning Savings-bho.dll
File name: Lightning Savings-bho.dllSize: 752 KB (752008 bytes)
MD5: eee4f000b1eeb1d039b4f8e1f3f1d703
Detection count: 28
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Lightning Savings
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 7, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\lightning savings\lightning savings-bg.exe
File name: lightning savings-bg.exeSize: 899.97 KB (899976 bytes)
MD5: b3e1c2a41be19318f08217910326c337
Detection count: 4
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\lightning savings
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 7, 2014
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