’855-791-2391′ Pop-Up

Posted: June 1, 2015

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:	8/10
Infected PCs:	94

First Seen:	June 1, 2015
Last Seen:	July 12, 2020
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The '855-791-2391' pop-up is a phishing attack meant to entice their victims into contact with con artists posing as PC technical support technicians. While the most common format of the '855-791-2391' pop-up claims to have identified a potential breach of your personal, financial information, the '855-791-2391' pop-up is unrelated to any legitimate security company or PC repair service. Rather than calling the number in this pop-up, malware experts would encourage the full use of anti-malware tools for removing adware, Trojans and other, likely sources of all '855-791-2391' pop-up windows.

The Pop-Up that Stays Up, No Matter What

With attacks like the '888-391-6168' Scam Message, the 'Important Message' Pop-Up or the '855-791-2391' Pop-Up, misinformation is the primary attribute used to attack random Web surfers. However, sometimes, these pop-ups may include additional, hazardous content besides misleading warning messages. As of May of this year, malware experts found variants of the '855-791-2391' pop-up including both inaccurate warning messages and extra, script-based content that prevented its victims from closing the pop-up window.

These scripts may launch an '855-791-2391' pop-up in a borderless window without controls for closing it, or intercept any attempts to close the window with additional prompts. Regardless of how it's achieved, the consequence is an unable-to-be-closed '855-791-2391' pop-up that launches automatically, without being linked to any individual Web page you might be viewing. Restarting Windows closes the '855-791-2391' pop-up temporarily, but doesn't prevent any new '855-791-2391' pop-up windows from being launched.

Malware researchers also found that most '855-791-2391' pop-up messages displayed fictitious warnings about potentially collected bank account information. Such attacks could be used to encourage your personal contact with third parties who request protected information or try to access your PC via remote desktop features. Finally, some, but not all phishing attacks like '855-791-2391' pop-ups also include the possibility of launching attacks that may install new threats (besides any threats responsible for the original pop-up attacks).

Popping the Pop-Up Tactic

Research still is continuing for isolating the brands of Web browsers affected by most '855-791-2391' pop-up attacks, as well as into determining which other threats are generating them. Currently, malware researchers can verify that threatening or unwanted software responsible for recent '855-791-2391' pop-up attacks also may modify the Registry in ways indicative of previously installed threats. Some brands of anti-malware products have failed to detect the associated PC threat, but updating your security software's databases can reduce this possibility.

The '855-791-2391' pop-up centralizes around its capacity for tricking you into taking actions that may harm yourself or your computer. When you have reasons for doubting the validity of a pop-up alert, you should avoid any unnecessary contact with its content, even for closing the window. Terminating the window through a memory manager like Task Manager is highly recommended. Then, you can scan your PC for the responsible party via whatever anti-malware product is most worthy of your trust.

’855-791-2391′ Pop-Up

Threat Metric

The Pop-Up that Stays Up, No Matter What

Popping the Pop-Up Tactic

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