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Posted: March 11, 2016

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:	8/10
Infected PCs:	28

First Seen:	March 14, 2016
Last Seen:	September 27, 2022
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Triangulum is a browser extension that may deliver extra, sponsored content to its users while they browse the Web. Most adware programs like Triangulum aren't adequately classifiable of being threatening, but their advertisements may be sources of security risks and performance problems. PC users who have concrete justifications for using Triangulum should be aware of the risks entailed in its presence, and PC users who have had this adware installed automatically should make use of their anti-adware applications when removing Triangulum.

The Shape of New Advertisements Popping into Your Browser

Although advertising software may operate in a sometimes-questionable area where experts disagree on the level of disclosure required to remain within the bounds of the law, it is agreed universally that software always should provide some form of notification and consent for its installation. Cases where adware sidesteps such consent, such as the Triangulum campaign, may place PC users in danger while reaping profits off of their traffic. The Triangulum adware operates as an extension unique to the Chrome browser, although Triangulum does not promote itself through the Chrome's official app store currently.

Triangulum's installation process may include modifications to your Chrome user experience that allow sponsored content (or advertisements) to inject themselves into unrelated pages, or load in an additional layer over them. Although Triangulum does include proper labeling for its advertisements, Triangulum does not contain UI controls for closing its advertisements or modifying how they load their content. Consequently, PC users with Triangulum have no protection from advertisement-circulated threats, potentially including fake software patches, exploit kits and phishing tactics disguising themselves with the appearances of non-harmful offers.

PC users with limited hardware also may experience other issues from being forced to let Triangulum advertisements load, such as reduced browser responsiveness or increased loading times. All PC users are at risk for Triangulum's advertisements blocking or obscuring the original Web page content that they may be replacing unintentionally.

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Regardless of how much or how little its symptoms may disrupt your Web-browsing experience, Triangulum's risks as adware always should be kept firmly in mind when deciding to delete or use Triangulum. With its distribution model clearly emphasizing the potential profits from its advertisements without paying attention to the legal considerations behind disclosure to the user, Triangulum can best be identified before its installation by file scanners that include detailed databases for adware, browser hijackers, and other browser-based PUPs. Classical, unwanted installers for Triangulum and other adware may include downloads circulated through torrents along with the offerings of some free software warehouses.

PC users that need to guarantee that removing Triangulum takes place in full, with no aftereffects for Chrome, should use similar anti-adware tools for scanning their entire PCs. Some system resources, such as the Registry, may experience modifications that may be difficult or harmful for casual PC users to revert by hand.

For the foreseeable future, Chrome continues being a popular target platform for many aspiring adware developers. Ironically, this phenomenon likely owes its existence in part to that browser's reputation for being safe from Potentially Unwanted Programs like Triangulum.

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