Moccini Ads (Moccini.com)
Posted: May 31, 2016
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: | 5/10 |
|---|---|
| Infected PCs: | 108 |
| First Seen: | May 31, 2016 |
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| Last Seen: | September 13, 2022 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Moccini is a suspicious adware extension that may enter if you install software bundles. Some users also may download Moccini willingly from moccini.com, which is the official product page. The description of this unreliable add-on is rather deceitful. Some PC users may wrongly assume that Moccini is going to make their surfing sessions much more enjoyable. The developers of this adware claim that Moccini will optimize the user's searches. This add-on also is expected to make it easier for the users to share their content, capture screen or translate an incomprehensible text. Since you can accomplish most of these features directly via your browser, you don't need to install questionable third-party solutions like Moccini. If you cannot recall downloading Moccini from its main page, then it was probably deployed by other freeware. If you don't want to experience such unpleasant surprises in the future, you should load cost-free applications via the 'Advanced' menu instead of the 'Quick' one. This way, you should be able to see a list of all components in the bundle, which should make it easy for you to uncheck everything besides the main one.
Moccini is an extension that may modify Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Moccini doesn't ask you whether you agree to the suggested changes or not. As soon as you go online, you may notice that your new homepage is now search.moccini.com. This search engine looks oddly familiar since it copies Google. You may notice the well-known search field accompanied by the 'I'm Feeling Lucky' feature. Nevertheless, you should abstain from performing searches on it because you may not get accurate results. Instead, the creators of Moccini may try to redirect you to their partners by showing the corresponding links at the front positions. The purpose of all pop-ups, banners, interstitial and in-text ads by this adware is also the same. The commercial materials may open shopping platforms that have been included in the affiliate network of Moccini. In some cases, the sponsored links may lead to potentially unsafe pages, so you should not click on them. The multimedia ads may get in the way of the smooth performance of your Web clients. The experts suggest you use a renowned security solution to delete Moccini and fix your browsers.
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:Moccini.exe
File name: Moccini.exeSize: 1.4 MB (1406232 bytes)
MD5: 68772b9646eb1de1b0ab7a0679b579f0
Detection count: 89
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 17, 2022
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