Satellite Gifts Toolbar

Posted: November 25, 2013

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

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
Infected PCs:	99

First Seen:	November 25, 2013
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Satellite Gifts is a Potentially Unwanted Program designed and distributed by a streaming television services company. Satellite Gifts isn't considered a threat and doesn't include any features for intentionally attacking or harming your PC. However, its tendency to be found where Satellite Gifts isn't wanted, its association with suspicious websites and its obtuse removal mechanisms cause malware experts to consider Satellite Gifts a PUP that usually should be deleted as a standard PC maintenance procedure. Using anti-malware tools with good records of deleting unwanted browser add-ons can improve your chance of deleting Satellite Gifts successfully, regardless of all other factors.

The Web Browser Gift with Suspicious Packaging

Satellite Gifts is a toolbar used to provide free trials for a streaming TV receiver product. Although the associated company claims that only legal uses for its product are tolerated, the limited information provided about its product and other unorthodox details (such as a questionable choice for a customer service link) cast a strong light of suspicion around the reputation of Satellite Gifts's business. While malware experts would recommend thinking twice before paying money for Satellite Gifts, Satellite Gifts isn't categorized as unreliable software and shouldn't be able to damage your PC.

As a PUP, Satellite Gifts has a higher than usual chance of being installed in general bundles that are distributed through freeware sites with an invested interest in the proliferation of unwanted toolbars, adware and browser hijackers. Satellite Gifts also is distinguishable from reputable products by its membership in the Conduit family, an ever-growing group of toolbars with more interest in controlling your traffic than in providing you with valuable services. As usual with all other members of this family, Satellite Gifts may modify your browser to redirect your searches or lock your homepage to Conduit.com and similar websites.

Kicking Satellite Gifts out of Your Sky

Even for a toolbar that provides some pseudo-legitimate features to your benefit, products that control your browser settings without allowing you to opt out of their changes generally should be considered to be detrimental to your PC. Although malware researchers don't consider temporary contact with Conduit-affiliated sites necessarily to be immediate dangers to any affected system, Satellite Gifts still isn't an exception to this general rule. Quite apart from whatever feelings you may have towards the Satellite Gifts's company, the Satellite Gifts toolbar always should be considered unnecessary software whose deletion will enable a better Internet-surfing experience through your browser of choice.

Conduit toolbars rarely are happy to uninstall all of their browser changes upon request. To counteract this with minimal fuss and remove Satellite Gifts along with any browser modifications Satellite Gifts might have made, use of anti-malware products generally is recommended. Unless the situation is further complicated by other types of unwanted software besides Satellite Gifts, a basic system scan should be the only thing that's needed to get Satellite Gifts completely off your browser.

Satellite Gifts Toolbar

Threat Metric

The Web Browser Gift with Suspicious Packaging

Kicking Satellite Gifts out of Your Sky

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