Video Abductor
Posted: March 17, 2017
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.
Threat Level: | 1/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 108 |
First Seen: | March 17, 2017 |
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Last Seen: | September 19, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Video Abductor is a Potentially Unwanted Program whose installation also may be accompanied by the installation of additional unwanted software. Despite this, some users might find the Video Abductor to be a relatively useful piece of software since it gives them the ability to download videos from various websites used to host online videos – YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Soundcloud, etc. quickly and easily. Apart from giving users the ability to download videos and also audio files, the Video Abductor software features an easy-to-use convert tool that can convert files from one format to another.
Despite that the Video Abductor features some cool extras and functions, users should be aware of the side effects that its installation can bring. The Video Abductor's installation wizard takes advantage of the Chocolatey Package Manager, a reliable tool that may be used to for wrongful purposes sometimes, such as installing PUPs, browser hijackers or adware. Keep in mind that Chocolatey is in no way an undesired or unsafe application, but some publishers may use it to install software that users might not want to see on their computers.
If you are not being troubled by the Video Abductor's potential side effects, then you will not regret continuing to use this software probably. However, users who wish to remove the Video Abductor should keep in mind that there are many similar tools that offer the same features without the unwanted side effects. The removal of the Video Abductor is not mandatory, but since it is classified as a PUP, then it's removal is pretty much always a good choice.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
File name without pathVideo Abductor.lnkHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\VideoAB
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