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Posted: June 11, 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: | 17,185 |
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Threat Level: | 8/10 |
Infected PCs: | 61 |
First Seen: | June 15, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 10, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Quick Weather Updates is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that exhibits adware capabilities. The Quick Weather Updates is often distributed via questionable methods such as bundling. Adware developers often bundle their products such as Quick Weather Updates with other free pieces of software to get a higher delivery rate. Once you have installed Quick Weather Updates, you may notice an abundance of annoying advertisements that might seem quite appealing. In reality, ads by Quick Weather Updates are considered unreliable, and it is not recommended to click them. Advertising materials by Quick Weather Updates are not trustworthy as they are in fact tailored and based on your browsing history and habits. Advertisements displayed by ad-supported applications such as Quick Weather Updates may also redirect you to questionable web locations. Computer security experts advise users to remove Quick Weather Updates using a trusted anti-malware tool.
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