Underground Coupon 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.
Threat Level: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 16 |
First Seen: | December 21, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | January 10, 2019 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Underground Coupon is adware that promises good discounts on your online purchases. In reality, the commercial materials that it injects in the browsers are rarely beneficial. The ads usually lead to unknown shopping platforms, some of which may not be legitimate. The overall influence of Underground Coupon on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer tends to be adverse. First of all, the adware will most likely replace your homepage. The similar ad-oriented plugins are often associated with dubious search engines, which display manipulated results to bring the user to sponsored domains. With the same purpose, Underground Coupon inserts large amounts of pop-ups, animations and eye-catching banners. It may also hyperlink some of the words. Especially annoying seem to be the interstitial ads because they cover the whole screen. It will be safe to say that the developers of Underground Coupon benefit from it far more than the clients. These people receive referral commissions for enhancing the incoming web traffic towards their partners. They use various tactics to make you click on the displayed coupons, discounts and offers. The most obvious method concerns the number of ads, which you may encounter consistently wherever you go. Another approach tries to make the commercial materials as appropriate as possible. The adware checks which sites you visit most frequently to narrow down your interests. From a security point of view, it may not be a good idea to click on the ads. Some of the partner platforms may promote potentially unwanted or even dangerous software. The processes of Underground Coupon may trouble the functionality of the browsers. Considering all the issues that this adware creates, it is advisable to delete it from your PC.
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