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Posted: February 28, 2017

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:	11,039
Threat Level:	1/10
Infected PCs:	2,881

First Seen:	February 28, 2017
Last Seen:	September 22, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

A parental control software may seem like an attractive offer for parents who want to control what their children are doing online without having to check every page they visit manually. This applies to software that is free especially, yet claims to provide users with the ability to filter their Internet traffic so that they'll be prevented from visiting phishing pages or websites known for hosting adult or disturbing content automatically. An example of such a piece of software is 'Parental Control' which, thanks to its generic name, may often be confused with other applications. However, the Parental Control software has one notable property that other software of this sort usually does not include – the ability to inject 'Parental Control ads' in every page that the user visits online. According to the official page of the extension, these ads are required to keep the extension free, and users can't get rid of them in any way. This means that Parental Control ads will become an inevitable part of your Web browsing habits for as long as you have this application installed on your computer.

The website of Parental Control is set-up rather poorly, and there isn't much to see there. The extension can be downloaded from there directly, and the small message found on the site claims that this extension improves online safety and avoids adult content, propaganda and phishing pages automatically. In addition to this, the authors state that the Parental Control software is able to work in over 120 countries, which probably means that its filter covers some country-specific pages linked to adult content.

Seeing some ads in the websites you browse may not sound like a major issue, but this could only be said by users who have not had a bad experience with adware. The Parental Control software is identified as adware due to the number of advertisements it will bring to the user's Web browser as soon as it is installed. The Parental Control Ads can have severe consequences for the user's Web browsing experience since they may often disregard the layout of the page the user is viewing currently, and the banners may appear on top of important navigation elements or content sections. Overall, Parental Control Ads may end up accidentally limiting the user's ability to access certain parts of the website they are viewing. The removal of the Parental Control ads is the recommended course of action, and users can do this either by uninstalling 'Parental Control' manually or removing it with the help of anti-malware software.

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