Win32/DownloadGuide.F
Posted: April 3, 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.
Threat Level: | 9/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 3 |
First Seen: | April 3, 2015 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Win32/DownloadGuide.F is a heuristic detection name utilized by anti-malware scanners to detect an adware application that was accidentally installed on your computer. Adware applications are often bundled with third party free programs in order to achieve a higher distribution rate. By being bundled with other free apps, adware creators rely on the fact that the user might be inattentive and unintentionally install the unwanted application. Habitually, adware-supported applications install a web browser add-on or extension that is intended to collect information on your online activities and present you unwanted commercial advertisements. Advertisements by Win32/DownloadGuide.F are considered unreliable and might redirect you to unwanted or potentially harmful web locations from where you may attract more adware.
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