GameLauncher
Posted: October 14, 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: | 1/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 52 |
First Seen: | October 13, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | June 8, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
GameLauncher is a checkers game that security experts have classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). This application may often be found in low-quality software bundles that aim to convince users to install software they might not need. The bundles that include GameLauncher also may use misleading tricks or confusing installation instructions to increase the chances that users will accept to install GameLauncher on their computers unknowingly.
Although GameLauncher is not a threatening application, some of its variants may be associated with the distribution of Trojan.Notepices, a piece of software that may modify the behavior of the user's Web browser. There are two things that this Trojan may do to make your day miserable – it will either launch your default new Web browser and open a low-quality page that hosts disturbing content, or it will open the page in a new tab if the Web browser is already active. Regardless of what scenario you experience, it goes without saying that you should take measures to uninstall GameLauncher and clean the Trojan.Notepices infection from your computer immediately.
We advise all users regardless if they were affected by this software or not, to be more careful while installing random games they found on the Web. Make sure to download your software from reputable websites, and always use anti-malware software to keep your PC protected at all times.
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