WinDefence
Posted: November 19, 2009
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: | 788 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 58,503 |
First Seen: | July 27, 2012 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
WinDefence is fake security application that detects imaginary malware infections and shows fabricated pop-up security notifications in an attempt to intimidate affected PC users into believing their computers have been corrupted with numerous security threats. WinDefence performs fictitious system scans and reports lots of different security issues in a try to scare PC users they have serious problems with their computers. Then, WinDefence forces potential victims to spend money on the imaginary full edition of WinDefence, which, in truth, doesn't exist. WinDefence has been created by cybercriminals to deceive computer users and extort money. WinDefence is not able to find and uninstall any type of computer infections. WinDefence can also disable legitimate security tools on the corrupted machine. WinDefence can come together with browser hijackers that allow this malware program to cause annoying browser redirects to suspicious websites. WinDefence may seem to be a genuine security application; therefore, do not be fooled by any information it gives you because it's false. SpywareRemove.com security reserchers strongly recommend you not to waste your money on WinDefence rogueware because it won't fix your computer and protect it from future malware attacks.
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