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Posted: January 12, 2015
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: | 1,047 |
First Seen: | January 7, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | May 5, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Free2you is classified as yet another adware that is stubborn and annoying to remove from a computer. In order to infiltrate a PC, Free2you is typically bundled with another free application. Such bundles are a frequent marketing method that is based on a pay-per-install basis. Such methods for distribution of adware-related applications like Free2you are known to serve third parties in order to generate income or online traffic for their domains. Once infected with Free2you, your browsers might be injected with multiple unwanted commercial advertisements. Moreover, ads created by Free2you are known to be based on users' browsing activities, meaning that this adware-supported application is designed to follow your online activity and generate targeted ads.
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