MedPlayNew
Posted: March 13, 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: | 49 |
| First Seen: | March 3, 2015 |
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| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
MedPlayNew is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) with adware capabilities. Unwanted applications such as MedPlayNew are known to utilize deceptive methods to get distributed to a wide range of computers. MedPlayNew is one of those programs that claim to provide users with a better video watching experience, but it is mostly used as a monetization platform. Adware creators have designed the MedPlayNew application to install additional BHO (Browser Helper Object) that enables it to function properly. In addition, plenty of unwanted commercial ads are being displayed while users browse the Internet. However, as useful as this program may seem, computer security researchers advise users to think twice before installation. As any other adware-supported software, MedPlayNew collects information about your browsing history in order to present user-orientated advertisements. Clicking on ads by MedPlayNew is not recommended as you might be redirected to unreliable websites.
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