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Posted: December 6, 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: | 49 |
First Seen: | December 6, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | January 9, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PriceLocal is adware that offers various price comparisons, vouchers and discounts. In theory, the presence of this add-on in your system should improve your online shopping. According to the description of PriceLocal, its deals should let you purchase the products that you need at a better price. Most PC users who installed this adware don't agree that it benefits them in a noticeable way. The lack of positive feedback is not surprising because this extension may overwhelm all of your Web clients with commercial materials. The developers of PriceLocal have uploaded some illustrative pictures on their website, according to which the coupons and discounts apply to large international e-commerce platforms like eBay and Amazon. In reality, the ads by this adware may take you to unknown shopping sites, some of which may not be entirely safe. Many infections may begin after unsuspecting PC users enter questionable sites because of ad-oriented extensions. For this reason, it is advisable to proceed with extreme caution if some deals seem interesting to you. The official page of PriceLocal, which is getpricelocal.com, is not the only way to install the add-on. It also may attach towards Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer in case you load some software bundles and don't pay attention to additional tools besides the main program. Soon afterward, you may start noticing increased quantities of pop-ups, banners and other eye-catching ads with the slogan 'Powered by PriceLocal.' It is possible for you to encounter them in most websites, which may prove to be annoying. If these marketing materials disturb you, you should take the proper actions to remove the adware.
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