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Posted: October 12, 2015

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

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:	1/10
Infected PCs:	29,115

First Seen:	January 13, 2015
Last Seen:	April 17, 2024
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

If you are being puzzled over why you see numerous advertisements displayed by an application called Desktops Alert, you need to know that this may be happening because you may have installed Desktops Alert on your computer accidentally while downloading and installing a free program from the Web. This method is called 'bundling' and may be used by adware such as Desktops Alert to enter your computer without your knowledge. Desktops Alert is advertised as an application that can accomplish various tasks for the computer users such as play all clips in a simply player, facilitate downloads and playlists, etc. However, Desktops Alert may modify your browser and Registry settings automatically to start displaying its sponsored advertisements every time you open Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. Instead of displaying useful alerts, all Desktops Alert does is interfere with your work by displaying its advertisements. Desktops Alert can collect information on your computer by monitoring your activities and slow down the speed of your computer due to its use of system resources. Since Desktops Alert is the kind of program that shouldn't be kept on a computer, affected computer users should get the help of a skilled anti-malware product to get rid of Desktops Alert as soon as they can.

Aliases

Generic6.BDRK [AVG]Trojan.SuspectCRC [Ikarus]Trojan/Win32.BTSGeneric [Antiy-AVL]

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:

C:\Desktops Alert\desktops.exe

File name: desktops.exe
Size: 8.7 KB (8704 bytes)
MD5: 3c10bc957e2b87a2ed84105fe21ce4c6
Detection count: 28,838
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Desktops Alert\desktops.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 24, 2022

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%HOMEDRIVE%\Desktops Alert