Facebook Friend Request Virus
Posted: August 27, 2013
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: | 47 |
First Seen: | August 27, 2013 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Facebook Friend Request Virus is a security threat, which belongs to the group of Facebook Virus and proliferates by sending out friend requests to numerous people automatically. Facebook Friend Request Virus may not only send your invite to the people you don't know, but it may also invite those people you have already blocked in the past. Some victimized Facebook users report that Facebook Friend Request Virus invited 100 unknown people. Facebook Friend Request Virus belongs to the category of worms, which may also be used to block anti-virus software and steal confidential information from the targeted computer system. Facebook Friend Request Virus targets Facebook's users via instant messaging. The attacked PC user may receive a deceptive message that appears to belong to your friend and offers to click on a link in order to see a picture or watch a video. Besides, clicking on every application on Facebook may also cause the infiltration of Facebook Friend Request Virus because they are quite often hijacked by cybercriminals. Once Facebook Friend Request Virus is executed, it starts sending requests for unfamiliar people and may also accept them.
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