Price Master Ads
Posted: November 17, 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: | 62 |
First Seen: | November 17, 2015 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
In the recent years, the Internet commerce flourished, and now many people prefer to buy the artifacts they need from the comfort of their home. This process leads to the creation of numerous ad-oriented applications like Price Master that offers assistance in finding the best deals. However, the majority of these tools may cause inconvenience to the PC users, and Price Master is no exception to the rule. This adware indeed displays various coupons, discounts and special offers, but they may be unreliable.
The main complaint of the people who have this extension in their systems is associated with the amount of ads. Virtually anywhere you go, you may encounter pop-ups, banners, automatically launched videos or interstitial ads. This process may lead to a few different adverse consequences. First, it is only natural to become annoyed by seeing blinking and eye-catching materials that seize a large area of the screen. Second, these commercial elements may disrupt the performance of the browsers, especially if your PC is not too powerful. The problems that you may face are reduced operating speed and sporadic freezes. One aspect of Price Master that you should not neglect concerns to the partner network. Nothing verifies that all of the ads lead to legit e-commerce platforms. Some of them may redirect you to unsafe parts of the Web, which may result in system damage. For this reason, the experts suggest you avoid all new ads no matter if they are user-relevant. Price Master may sometimes reach your PC in a combination with other free applications, so you should read the details and perform the loading process through the 'Advanced' guide. To eliminate the adware quickly and permanently, you should run a scan with a suitable security tool.
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