Super Back-up Ads

Posted: August 12, 2013

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.

Ranking:	8,284
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	3,799

First Seen:	August 12, 2013
Last Seen:	October 3, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Super Back-up Ads is an adware program that displays shopping-related advertisements in your Web browser. Because Super Back-up Ads displays its advertisements without sorting them for relevance, circumvents traditional advertisement-blocking features and sometimes is installed without your permission. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have not confirmed any examples of Super Back-up Ads being used to deliver malicious content, but still suggest that you use heavy caution when browsing links promoted by Super Back-up Ads, which may not be filtered for your personal safety and are unlikely to truly sort content according to what's most cost-efficient for you as an online shopper. Deleting Super Back-up Ads or other adware programs generally should use relevant anti-malware software that can most effectively remove all browser changes related to the infection.

Super Back-up Ads: an Add-On that's Got the Back... of Its Advertisers

Super Back-up Ads is yet another browser add-on that excuses its advertisements as supposed advantages for the PC user, despite the fact that Super Back-up Ads chooses affiliated advertising content instead of selecting links that are sorted for cost-efficiency. Super Back-up Ads' foremost symptom is a scripted sub-window that displays inside your normal browser window whenever you click a triggering product link or navigate to an appropriate Web page. This sub-window shows listings of similar products from other major sites, and SpywareRemove.com malware experts have not seen any evidence of Super Back-up Ads using its attacks to display malicious content. However, the advantages provided by Super Back-up Ads are negligible, particularly when it's noted that Super Back-up Ads also includes various extra drawbacks, such as:

Updating itself automatically.
Maintaining itself as a background memory process without your consent – this may harm the stability of your browser or, in extreme cases, even your OS.
A refusal to abide by advertisement-blocking features or allow you to disable its advertisements easily through any type of included controls.

Given its narrow range of functions, Super Back-up Ads should be considered, at a minimum, unnecessary to your computer, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend removing Super Back-up Ads in almost all cases – and especially in circumstances where Super Back-up Ads harms your computer's responsiveness or stability.

Backing Up Away from Super Back-up Ads

Deleting Super Back-up Ads and similar adware programs may, at first, seem to be easily accomplished through your standard browser add-on manager. However, attempts to delete Super Back-up Ads in a normal fashion usually will allow some of its related browser changes to remain behind, and may result in a continuance of Super Back-up Ads-based advertisements and related issues. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend anti-malware software be used for removing Super Back-up Ads, not because Super Back-up Ads is a major security risk, but because Super Back-up Ads is likely to refuse to remove all of its components through any normal uninstall techniques.

Infection vectors for Super Back-up Ads are still being examined, but SpywareRemove.com malware experts currently estimate that Super Back-up Ads most likely uses methods of installation that occur without your consent. Low-level PC threats, including Super Back-up Ads adware, are especially likely to use free software packages that include various unwanted add-ons to distribute themselves. Be careful to examine any installation options available to you when installing any new software, and avoid download sources that could be compromised.

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Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:

retressive.website