OptiDiscount
Posted: May 26, 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: | 25 |
First Seen: | May 15, 2015 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
OptiDiscount is classified as adware that installs as a web browser plugin. The OptiDiscount extension or add-on is presented to users as online shopping enhancement tool. Typically, adware plugins such as OptiDiscount are marketed as enhancing tools related to online shopping that may be found bundled with other free applications. Bundling with third-party software is a commonly utilized method by adware creators to make their products such as OptiDiscount more popular and have them installed on as many computers as possible. Once you install OptiDiscount, you may instantly notice that there is an abundance of annoying advertisements in your browser. Advertising materials by OptiDiscount are not reliable as they are based on collected information from your browsing history, and they redirect users to unwanted websites. Also, the excessive amounts of ads by OptiDiscount might decrease the processing speed of your computer and cause it to run sluggishly.
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