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Posted: January 11, 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.
Threat Level: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 16 |
First Seen: | January 11, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | January 10, 2019 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
While attempting to learn how to take care of their newborn child, some parents may download a program called 'BabyBrowse.' Its developers assure PC users that they will receive useful tips for the upbringing of their kid. Although some of the advice may be useful, security experts don't recommend keeping BabyBrowse in the system. This extension is adware, so it may create various ads in addition to the tip messages. If you didn't install BabyBrowse voluntarily but still detect the noted ads, then the ad-based extension may have been brought by another program. We are not talking about a threat but some freeware that comes with additional bonus components. It is easy to keep the suspicious parts of a bundle away from your PC in case you perform the setup via the 'Advanced' menu. Soon after it attaches towards Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or any other browser that you may have, BabyBrowse may cause a number of changes. It may set questionable sites as your default search engine and homepage. You also may notice some bookmarks whenever you open new tabs. What may bother you the most, however, is that BabyBrowse may generate numerous pop-ups, banners, interstitial ads, in-text ads and eye-catching gifs. Just seeing them against your will, no matter where you go, can be annoying. The multimedia elements may use a lot of resources, which may lead to random drops of the operating speed, freezes or even crashes of the whole browser. The cookie-based ads may seem appealing to you but clicking on them may not be the best decision. Sometimes, the sites in the partner networks of adware may not be safe. For example, you may be redirected to malware-hosting domains or pages involved in hoaxes. For security reasons, the experts recommend deleting BabyBrowse with suitable security software.
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