SaverFX Ads
Posted: December 21, 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.
Ranking: | 10,480 |
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Threat Level: | 8/10 |
Infected PCs: | 2,157 |
First Seen: | December 21, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 13, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
SaverFX is typical adware, designed to show discounts and offers in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The user feedback about this extension is pretty negative. Most people find the new pop-ups, banners and sponsored videos annoying, primarily due to their quantity. SaverFX doesn't inject additional commercial materials only on the shopping platforms. Instead, you may find them in almost every site, which may very quickly become an irritating process. The advertising windows often occupy a big area of the screen, and some of them may even cover important page elements. You may also notice a drop in the performance of your browsers. Some of the multimedia ads, especially the videos and animations, may increase the loading time. Some users may even experience freezes or crashes of the web clients. The products that SaverFX promotes are different for every user. The adware can read some details regarding your surfing sessions – for example, the list of visited sites and the search terms. This data can reveal your current wishes so that the ads may be intriguing. Since it cannot be verified that all of the sponsored platforms are safe, it is advisable to proceed with extreme caution. You should know that SaverFX often asks the PC users to take part in paid surveys. In most cases, you will not receive anything for answering the questions. The official page of this adware doesn't host it. The site asks the visitors to type their email addresses to get the promised offers, but the results will be large amounts of spam messages. The developers of SaverFX spread it in combination with some cost-free applications, so the adware may evade your attention. The ad-oriented extension is persistent, so it is recommended to use special security software to delete it.
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