FaceSmooch
Posted: May 8, 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.
Ranking: | 14,731 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 3,775 |
First Seen: | May 8, 2013 |
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Last Seen: | September 12, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
FaceSmooch is an adware program, which is advertised via other free software downloads, and once installed it will change the affected web browser's default homepage and default search engine to Search.conduit.com. FaceSmooch displays advertisements and sponsored links in hacked search results, and may gather search terms from a victimized computer user's search queries. FaceSmooch spreads via freeware applications such as video recording/streaming, download-managers or PDF creators that had bundled into their installation FaceSmooch. When the PC user installs FaceSmooch, he/she will also agree to change the default browser homepage and search engine to Search.conduit.com However, when the PC user uninstalls FaceSmooch from the computer, the web browser's default settings will not be restored. This means that the computer user will have to remove Search.conduit.com from the favorite web browser manually.
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