Pop Bubbles Ads
Posted: February 9, 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: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 56 |
First Seen: | February 9, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | June 29, 2019 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Pop Bubbles is an annoying ad-based plugin that may enter your machine when you install software bundles. Pop Bubbles may inject various commercial materials in all available Web clients, which most PC users may perceive as a highly irritating process. The official site of this adware is very hard to find even if you invest a lot of time in it. If you manage to find Pop Bubbles, you may notice that there is no download button. The function of the page is only to host the 'Terms and Conditions' and 'Privacy Policy.' The users who use the 'Quick' menu for the installations of freeware may be surprised to find changes in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The experts recommend the 'Advanced' one instead because it will let you uncheck unwanted bonus applications such as Pop Bubbles. The first modification you may detect concerns the homepage. The adware may replace it with a suspicious search platform that may try to redirect you to its partners. As you move on, you may find too many pop-ups, banners, interstitial ads, transitional ads and hyperlinked words. Some of these commercial materials may contain the slogan 'Powered by Pop Bubbles.' Although some of the discounts and offers may seem appropriate, you should proceed with caution. Some of the links may be corrupt and load potentially threatening sites. You should decline all offers to install software for security reasons. Some users note that the adware may cause their browsers to run sluggishly, which is not surprising when you take in mind that multimedia ads may require a lot of resources. You should scan your PC with reliable security software to delete Pop Bubbles and fix your Web clients.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Service Mgr PopBubblesSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update Mgr PopBubblesSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Service Mgr PopBubblesSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Update Mgr PopBubblesSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Service Mgr PopBubblesSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update Mgr PopBubbles
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