TermCoach Ads
Posted: August 7, 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: | 10,475 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 8,649 |
First Seen: | August 6, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 14, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The computer experts who research the suspicious applications unanimously define TermCoach as adware. This tiny program can generate plenty of ads, which can be seen on most of the webpages you land on. This performance is only possible because TermCoach binds towards your browsers as an add-on. This process allows the adware to change a significant part of the configuration, including the default settings about the homepage and the search engine. We need to mention that the official page of the product, which is termcoachapp.com, explicitly states that TermCoach is ad-supported. However, the ads tend to be far more aggressive than the majority of users suspect. These newly created pop-ups, banners, interstitial ads and in-text ads may flood your web client, irrespective of whether you prefer Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. Their effect on the performance also appears to be adverse since some users complain about a slower speed or random freezes. Another problematic aspect of TermCoach is its distribution method. Some people may be surprised to notice that there is no download button on the official site. This fact is perceived as something normal by the specialists because the adware travels solely as addition towards freeware. This "bundling" mechanism is the reason TermCoach may enter stealthily. This questionable application promises to enhance the searching process of the user, but this statement is there only to promote the installation. Same as the similar applications PremiumTabs and Phrase Professor, the presence of TermCoach usually turns the browsing process into an unpleasant activity. When you take in mind that some ads may be unsafe, you should know that the best decision is to delete this adware.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:%WINDIR%\system32\drivers\tcfd_vw_1_10_0_24.sys
File name: tcfd_vw_1_10_0_24.sysSize: 57.72 KB (57728 bytes)
MD5: cd9a3775389f5a1c27af9c21d73c752a
Detection count: 405
File type: System file
Mime Type: unknown/sys
Path: %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\tcfd_vw_1_10_0_24.sys
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 14, 2023
Registry Modifications
Regexp file mask%WINDIR%\system32\Drivers\TCFD_vt_1_10_0_[RANDOM CHARACTERS].sys%WINDIR%\system32\Drivers\tcfd_vw_1_10_0_[RANDOM CHARACTERS].sys
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