‘Download Faster and Safer’ Pop-Ups
Posted: April 6, 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: | 7,186 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 3,424 |
First Seen: | April 6, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 4, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
If you notice various 'Download Faster and Safer' pop-ups while you surf the Internet, this means that your browser is infected with adware. These tools are often spread with cost-free applications and usually cause problems. If you accidentally install such unreliable software, you may very soon notice many modifications in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. Besides the pop-ups, your may witness ads, and you may experience random redirections. 'Download Faster and Safer' pop-ups tend to appear frequently and promote updates to different programs. However, this is a method to deceive the user and make him install suspicious software. If you don't want to risk loading malware, ignore these messages. In order to remove the adware, which causes them, you need to scan your PC with a good anti-malware application.
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