MaxDownload
Posted: August 12, 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: | 14,895 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 478 |
First Seen: | July 8, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | September 15, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Although MaxDownload initially seems to be a reliable torrent client, it is actually a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). The offered features may look appealing, but their real purpose is just to promote the installation. The developers of this download manager state that it will assist the user when he wants to find and download any files, including videos and music. The creators of the PUP even claim that their tool can increase the download speed, despite the fact that it depends solely on the Internet provider. If you mistakenly load MaxDownload, you may not enjoy it because of the annoying changes it causes to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The PUP possesses browser hijacking capabilities, which means it may redirect the user automatically towards third-party platforms. The suspicious application creates an extension, which takes control of the majority of browser-related processes. MaxDownload may change the present homepage with a low-quality search engine that displays sponsored links. In addition, you may start seeing many pop-ups, banners, interstitial ads and targeted videos labeled as "Generated by MaxDownload". Not only could they lead towards potentially dangerous domains, but also their presence may hamper the performance of your web clients. All in all, the experts recommend deleting this PUP with a powerful malware removal tool.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
File name without pathMaxDownload.lnkHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\MaxDownloadHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}MaxDownload
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