Mahjong World Contest Ads
Posted: July 8, 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: | 54 |
First Seen: | July 8, 2015 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Mahjong is a game of tiles, which is extremely popular in China, South Korea and Japan. Mahjong World Contest offers its clients the possibility to play this game on their computers. This program is small, easy to install and covers all Windows platforms. These features can easily mislead some people to install it. Unfortunately, few users suspect what may be the effects of Mahjong World Contest on their Internet clients. This application is adware and is responsible for the creation of many pop-ups, banners and in-text ads. The intrusive commercial materials may become a major irritant as they appear on almost all pages you visit. A common complaint of the clients of Mahjong World Contest is that their browsers start functioning slower than usual. It is also possible to experience some freezes and crashes. The offered coupons and deals may seem appealing, and you may assume you will save money thanks to them. Your expectations may not happen in reality because the sponsored sites are often too questionable to trust them with your money. In some cases, the ads may redirect you to potentially harmful domains, so you should ignore the commercial materials. If you are not happy with all these modifications, you should use a special anti-malware program to delete Mahjong World Contest.
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