Web Zoom Ads
Posted: February 4, 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: | 14,856 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 398 |
First Seen: | February 4, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | September 15, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Web Zoom is a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) created by WebZoom Ltd. Potentially unwanted applications like Web Zoom are distributed in various ways. Users may download and install PUPs such as Web Zoom unintentionally when downloading other free programs. They are presented in a pay-per-install-based bundle, and the unwanted application often claims to be a useful system optimizing tool. Typically, when users install freeware, they tend to overlook details displayed during the installation process. Suddenly, while web browsing multiple commercial advertisements may appear displayed by recently downloaded PUP like Web Zoom. Ads by Web Zoom are not only irritating but may cause redirects to other unwanted websites with potentially harmful content. Unwanted programs such as Web Zoom are also known to attract more PUPs and adware applications, so you may need to think twice before installing it regardless of its features.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\AppDataLow\Software\webzoomSoftware\AppDataLow\Software\webzoom_29SOFTWARE\webzoom_29SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\webzoom_29HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}webzoom
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