Magic Ball Ads
Posted: April 15, 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: | 13,454 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 504 |
First Seen: | April 13, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | September 12, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Magic Ball is an adware-laced browser add-on or extension created and developed by SuperWeb LLC. There are many other unreliable applications developed by SuperWeb LLC that provide similar features as Magic Ball; for example, other similar products by this company are Window Web, Information Cloud, and Picexa. Magic Ball is distributed using questionable marketing methods such as bundling. However, it is possible that you have been misled to think that this application is useful and download it yourself. Nevertheless, computer security specialists advise users to remain cautious and think twice before installing Magic Ball. An adware app such as Magic Ball may collect information related to your browsing activities and use it to present intrusive online ads. In addition, Magic Ball may consume a large portion of CPU resources and, therefore, make your PC run sluggishly.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Magic BallSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Magic BallSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateMagicBall_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateMagicBall_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\utilMagicBall_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\utilMagicBall_RASMANCSSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Update Magic BallSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Util Magic BallSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Update Magic BallSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Util Magic BallHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Magic Ball
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