Price Expert
Posted: April 7, 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.
Ranking: | 10,991 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 2,035 |
First Seen: | March 31, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 9, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Price Expert is a web browser extension that is classified a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that has adware capabilities. Users may install Price Expert on various web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Safari as well. Distribution methods of unwanted applications like Price Expert are deemed questionable. For example, the most utilized distribution method is bundling the adware app with an ordinary free program. Consequently, users may accidentally install both (or more) applications. However, adware creators may a well-advertised application to easily mislead users into thinking this is the tool they need. In the case of Price Expert, users are led to believe that this browser add-on is going to give them genuine access to the lowest prices of products. In reality, applications such as Price Expert are used as monetization platforms as they display annoying unwanted commercial ads. Ads by Price Expert are regarded as unreliable and might redirect you to potentially harmful domains. In addition, like any other adware-laced app, Price Expert will collect vital information related to your online habits such as IP address, browsing history and frequently visited websites.
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