PUP.FireDiveDownloader
Posted: April 16, 2014
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: | 3,008 |
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| Threat Level: | 1/10 |
| Infected PCs: | 25,035 |
| First Seen: | April 16, 2014 |
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| Last Seen: | March 9, 2025 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PUP.FireDiveDownloader is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that may generate and show unwanted discount coupon and offer ads when computer users are visiting online shopping-related websites. The makers of the PUP.FireDiveDownloader browser extension may declare that it can save time and money while shopping online by automatically showing lowest prices, discount coupons and the best sales of the selected products or items. However, in reality, the PUP.FireDiveDownloader add-on is categorized as adware, and it is not advised using it. PUP.FireDiveDownloader may be marketed and proliferate to PCs as an extra tool through packaged free programs and unsafe downloads, for example, and install itself on the computer system without the PC user's agreement. Upon installation, PUP.FireDiveDownloader may trace the PC user's Web browsing routine by recording surfing information. PUP.FireDiveDownloader may slow down major Web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox and may interfere with the normal operating of the PC.
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