BrowsingGuard
Posted: July 28, 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.
Ranking: | 13,518 |
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Threat Level: | 8/10 |
Infected PCs: | 21,702 |
First Seen: | July 28, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | October 8, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
BrowsingGuard may not be a reliable solution in the fight against cyber threats. This questionable application may not shield you from parasites or make your surfing sessions more secure. This tool is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). Instead of achieving the promised features, this application may cause a variety of problems. BrowsingGuard may have a notable impact on your Web clients. This PUP may display rather intrusive Web ads, which you may detect on almost every site you visit. They may expose you to unsafe third-party pages. At the same time, their loading may cause your browser to work too slowly. BrowsingGuard may be compatible with various Web clients, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. It may attach to all of them at once, which means you may encounter the same modifications no matter which engine you launch. Since the reputation of BrowsingGuard may not be positive, it is not surprising that its developers may rely on questionable distribution mechanisms.
Hardly anyone may download this application from its official platform. This PUP may sneak in alongside third-party freeware. The name of this approach is bundling. It is not necessary for the main program in the bundle to be harmful or threatening. Even if you download legitimate media players or image readers, they may try to deploy BrowsingGuard for a commission. The 'Advanced' guide should let you deselect unwanted applications in advance. Once inside your system, this PUP may change various settings automatically. It may offer you a low-quality search provider and set it as the homepage. If you use such engine, you may encounter inaccurate and misleading results. The commercial materials that BrowsingGuard may inject may take different forms such as pop-ups, banners, in-text ads, interstitial ads, sponsored videos, etc. If you don't want to put the security of your PC at risk, you should ignore the ads and delete the PUP with a renowned anti-malware solution.
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