RemoVeThEAdAPp

Posted: April 29, 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:	1/10
Infected PCs:	269

First Seen:	April 29, 2014
Last Seen:	April 16, 2022
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

RemoVeThEAdAPp is threatening software, or a threat, which disguises itself as an advertisement-blocker add-on for your Web browser. However, installing RemoVeThEAdAPp does not provide the marketed features and merely endangers your Web browser by allowing RemoVeThEAdAPp to redirect you to threatening websites. Since malware researchers rate the probability of RemoVeThEAdAPp redirects leading to other threats as being high, you should act to delete RemoVeThEAdAPp with any appropriate anti-malware products as soon as any redirects, or other symptoms of RemoVeThEAdAPp attacks, are noted.

When 'Removing Advertisements' Removes Your Control over Your Web-Surfing Route

RemoVeThEAdAPp is one in a long string of threatening Chrome hijackers that malware experts have observed in the second part of 2013 and the beginning of the new year. Although RemoVeThEAdAPp is installed as a standard extension and tries to look like a legitimate anti-advertisement utility, RemoVeThEAdAPp blocks any deletion attempts, refuses to be disabled and does not have any ability to remove advertisements from Chrome (or any other brand of Web browser). However, malware researchers did see RemoVeThEAdAPp redirect Chrome, with these browser hijackers often triggered after attempts to navigate to unrelated websites.

While this behavior is not technically remarkable, RemoVeThEAdAPp has been noted to prefer to redirect its victims to potentially threatening domains. Common attacks resulting from contact with RemoVeThEAdAPp-related websites may include hidden threat installation attempts through fraudulent updates, patches and other download links. Malware experts have not confirmed the use of any exploits along with RemoVeThEAdAPp redirects, but recommend that any victims take the possibility of a non-consensual download into consideration, regardless of all else.

A No-Stress Way to Remove the RemoVeThEAdAPp Add-On

RemoVeThEAdAPp may be a relatively obvious way to get victims to install more threats onto their computers, but even level-headed PC users may find that RemoVeThEAdAPp is resistant to all of the standardized methods of deleting unwanted Chrome extensions. Instead of switching browsers unnecessarily and allowing RemoVeThEAdAPp to continue to be a security hazard, malware researchers would encourage deleting RemoVeThEAdAPp through all reliable anti-malware solutions.

RemoVeThEAdAPp's distribution methods are known to be non-consensual, which may indicate that RemoVeThEAdAPp is exploiting the same patterns as previous Chrome adware, hijackers and other, equally threatening add-ons. Free software repositories, piracy websites and torrent networks are some especially common points of contact with bundled installers that could install RemoVeThEAdAPp or other browser-based PC threats automatically. Whatever its preferred installation exploit may happen to be, malware researchers are confident in recommending general anti-malware defenses for detecting its installers or potential exploits, such as the notorious Blackhole Exploit Kit.

At this time, RemoVeThEAdAPp has not been seen on any Web browsers other than Chrome, although most major brands have their PC threats to be concerned with thwarting.

RemoVeThEAdAPp

Threat Metric

When 'Removing Advertisements' Removes Your Control over Your Web-Surfing Route

A No-Stress Way to Remove the RemoVeThEAdAPp Add-On

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