Wibeez.com
Posted: November 13, 2016
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: | 17,331 |
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Threat Level: | 5/10 |
Infected PCs: | 206 |
First Seen: | November 13, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | July 28, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Wibeez.com is a search engine that is meant to be used by French-speaking users, since the entire interface is written in French, and an English translation is not available. According to the homepage of Wibeez.com, the website uses the Yahoo search API to deliver results to visitors, but a quick check shows that this is not true, and Wibeez.com relies on an entirely different search algorithm. Apart from the simple search field, Wibeez.com also includes quick links to several websites that are popular in France, but it also may link users to some less reputable Web destinations that may be related to the distribution of low-quality software or advertisements.
The good news is that Wibeez.com is not related to any suspicious behavior that may expose its visitors to unsafe tools or Web destinations. However, it is also important to mention that a significant fraction of Wibeez.com's traffic may be brought to the page with the help of browser hijackers that may change a Web browser's settings without the user's knowledge. These hijackers may be distributed via more than one software distribution method, but in most cases, they rely on low-quality software bundles that prompt users to enhance their search experience by setting Wibeez.com as their default new tab page, homepage or both. If you see Wibeez.com when you open your web browser, yet you don't remember visiting this page before, then there's a significant chance that the unexpected change occurred because a piece of software you recently installed asked you for permission to set Wibeez.com as your default page.
While the removal of Wibeez.com and the browser hijacker linked to it is not mandatory, it is the recommended action since Wibeez.com may often display ads or promote Potentially Unwanted Programs and other not so reliable Web destinations or software. The best way to deal with Wibeez.com is to run an anti-malware scanner that can get rid of the hijacker, and help you restore your Web browser's normal settings.
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