MyPoints
Posted: September 23, 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: | 12 |
First Seen: | September 23, 2013 |
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Last Seen: | August 9, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
MyPoints is a potentially unwanted application with adware functionalities, which may occur on vulnerable computers as a toolbar. MyPoints is able to take overall popular Internet browsers that can be found on the targeted computer system. The main symptom, which indicates that MyPoints is installed on the affected PC, is repeated alerts about coupons, discounts and other deals. The creators of these offers aim to make money by rerouting target web users to affiliated websites that pay for advertising them. MyPoints Toolbar may keep track of the target PC user's browsing activity and send this data to attackers. MyPoints may be downloaded from its official website. However, it may also appear on the hijacked web browser out of nowhere. MyPoints comes bundled together with freeware and shareware applications and enter the corrupted PC without the computer user's permission. To avoid downloading of MyPoints, web users should pay more attention to the installation process of freeware and shareware applications. Typically, PC users should uncheck the check box that agrees to download MyPoints Toolbar. When installed on the computer system, MyPoints may modify the default search provider and start page with a certain commercial website.
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