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EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards are assessment reports for different malware threats which have been collected and analyzed by our research team. EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards evaluate and rank threats using several metrics including real-world and potential risk factors, trends, frequency, prevalence, and persistence. EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards are updated regularly based on our research data and metrics and are useful for a wide range of computer users, from end users seeking solutions to remove malware from their systems to security experts analyzing threats.
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Ranking: The ranking of a particular threat in EnigmaSoft’s Threat Database.
Severity Level: The determined severity level of an object, represented numerically, based on our risk modeling process and research, as explained in our Threat Assessment Criteria.
Infected Computers: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
See also Threat Assessment Criteria.
| Ranking: | 6,203 |
| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 4,237 |
| First Seen: | September 15, 2015 |
| Last Seen: | September 5, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The SegmentAssister program is advertised as a search assistant that can hep users browse results on Google faster and find exactly what they are looking for. The SegmentAssister program is developed by MaxAide and can be seen in freeware bundles accompanied by the iLivid Download Manager that is associated with a browser hijacker. Computer users that installed the SegmentAssister program should know that security experts perceive it as adware that is representative of the Multiplug family of adware applications. The SegmentAssister adware may use tracking cookies, detect your approximate geographical location and read your browsing history to determine what type of advertising content would be most appealing to you. The SegmentAssister adware may show pop-up and pop-under windows in Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox as well as display banners and floating ads on the pages you visit. The SegmentAssister adware is known to start on system boot up as a background service that may be named '4aad814a' and '419ea4b7'. Security analysts remind users that the advertisements by SegmentAssister are not safe, and Web surfers could end up visiting harmful domains like Generalscansite.com and Selectgo.net. Therefore, you might want to use a trusted anti-spyware instrument to scan your PC and eliminate the SegmentAssister adware.
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