Adware.JS.Mplug
Posted: December 15, 2014
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: | 13,433 |
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Threat Level: | 8/10 |
Infected PCs: | 1,581 |
First Seen: | December 15, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | October 8, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Adware.JS.Mplug is another adware-laced program based on the Crossrider toolkit. Adware.JS.Mplug is considered a Possibly Unwanted Program by malware experts, due to the issues Adware.JS.Mplug may cause to affected PCs. Adware.JS.Mplug attacks computers that use the Windows operating systems. Users affected by Adware.JS.Mplug will not be aware of its presence until its detection by security tools since Adware.JS.Mplug usually enters a computer through the download of free programs when the computer user isn't careful while downloading and installing these kinds of programs. Adware.JS.Mplug creates numerous folders and files on the affected machine and will consume a big amount of system resources. As a consequence, the machine will present an abnormal behavior such as slowing down and crashing. Adware.JS.Mplug will cause the appearance of various pop-up warnings and threat alerts. Adware.JS.Mplug alters Registry entries and disarray the system settings. Adware.JS.Mplug also may collect relevant information.
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