Clickforms.ru
Posted: June 23, 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: | 5/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 75 |
First Seen: | June 23, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | November 13, 2021 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Clickforms.ru is a page that you probably will not come across while browsing the Web since its owners are not using any sorts of advertising to popularize it. In fact, this domain may not be used to host any valuable or at least interesting content, and opening the page manually will not lead you anywhere. However, this does not mean that Clickforms.ru doesn't have a purpose. The owners of this domain may use small pieces of software called browser hijackers to modify the system of users so that they'll be redirected to Clickforms.ru automatically whenever they launch their Web browser. These hijackers usually require the user's permission to modify their browser's behavior, and this is why they may often use fraudulent and misleading tricks to be authorized by the user.
The peculiar thing about the Clickforms.ru is that it may not tamper with the browser's settings directly. Instead, this hijacker may create three '.bat' files, which contain an obfuscated command that opens the user's favorite Web browser with modified properties, therefore redirecting them to Clickforms.ru. In addition to doing this, the hijacker also may replace the default browser shortcuts with new ones that open the matching '.bat' file instead of the original browser executable.
Judging by the names of the files 'chrome.bat.exe,' 'firefox.bat.exe,' 'iexplore.bat.exe,' 'launcher.bat.exe' (the last one has an Opera icon), the Clickforms.ru hijacker may be compatible with all major Web browsers. Users who were unlucky to agree to have this software on their computers may have the unenjoyable experience of being redirected to Clickforms.ru whenever they launch their Web browser. When they reach the Clickforms.ru page, it will refer them to a 3rd-party website or advertisements that may promote various offers, sites, and services automatically. If this is an issue you are experiencing currently, then you need to run an anti-malware scanner as soon as possible, since this is the only guaranteed way to remove all of the hijacker's files that may be responsible for the unwanted redirects.
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