PrizeCoupon
Posted: January 23, 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: | 944 |
First Seen: | January 23, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | May 13, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
If you are continually prompted with annoying advertisements by PrizeCoupon, then it is highly likely that your computer has been infected with adware or a PUP. In most cases, users are infected with such a program when downloading bundled freeware. The bundling marketing method is often used to attach adware applications or PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs) to legitimate applications. Once a PUP with adware capabilities such as PrizeCoupon is installed on your computer, you may notice a number of changes. Suddenly your browser is full of annoying advertisements and browser settings altered such as changing your default homepage and search engine. Computer security experts advise users to remove adware-related extensions like PrizeCoupon using a professional anti-malware program to get rid of all files related to PrizeCoupon.
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