LifeBettering

Posted: June 12, 2014

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.

Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	49

First Seen:	June 12, 2014
Last Seen:	June 29, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

LifeBettering or LifeBettering.com is a general-interest news and search site that has been a central object in browser attacks related to hijackings, pop-ups and threatening extensions. While malware researchers haven't found any overtly hostile content on LifeBettering, software associated with LifeBettering may redirect you to its domain automatically, and may refuse to let you uninstall LifeBettering. Lacing these suspicious circumstances with additional risk is the fact that LifeBettering hijackers sometimes may be associated with high-level threats, and the proper PC security tools should be used to delete LifeBettering software safely.

LifeBettering: Taking Your Browser's Life out of Your Control

Although there's substantial effort required to build up a natural Web-traffic funnel to promote a new website, some site administrators, like those for LifeBettering, have chosen to cheat their way out of the hard work inherent in the system. LifeBettering regularly is seen being promoted by PC threats that may redirect your browser to LifeBettering or generate LifeBettering pop-ups, thus forcing victims towards the article and search engine-based content therein. Although, as a website, LifeBettering doesn't have a threatening classification, malware researchers have noted some cases of LifeBettering-redirecting software being installed with ZeroAccess or Zbot, a rootkit that may let criminals control your computer. Other, known affiliates of LifeBettering hijacks include Conduit toolbars, which redirect your web searches.

The LifeBettering software may be just one of multiple PUPs installed that may modify your browser, and Google's Chrome shows a pattern of susceptibility to these issues. However, Internet Explorer, Firefox and other browsers also may be modified in a minority of these incidents. Due to the extremely high probability of LifeBettering-related symptoms being tied to a significant breach of your PC's security, malware experts recommend assuming the worst whenever you identify LifeBettering pop-ups.

The Open Secret to Bettering Your Web-Browsing Life

The Potentially Unwanted Programs responsible for LifeBettering's illicit promotion rarely allow their uninstallation through standard protocols. Even more worryingly than the above fact, they also may be related to threat infections, along with the usual adware, toolbars and browser hijackers that may use bundle-based installers. Although their distribution levels in 2014 are higher than those seen in many, similar PC threats, malware experts have been unable to confirm how they're being installed. Currently, the involvement of threatening software with a threat-downloading function seems more than probable.

Deleting a LifeBettering hijacker calls for the use of security programs that are capable against both malware and PUPs like adware. As usual, LifeBettering redirects and pop-ups may be visible symptoms of a potentially less obvious security gap. Until law enforcement and PC security institutions can bring the LifeBettering-hijacking campaign under the rule of law, malware experts recommend being safe, instead of sorry.

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LifeBettering: Taking Your Browser's Life out of Your Control

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