Game Wham
Posted: December 29, 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: | 14 |
First Seen: | December 29, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | January 10, 2019 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Game Wham is a mischievous advertising add-on component that usually finds its way as a web browser extension where it will load up several annoying pop-up or banner ads. The Game Wham ads may cause redirects to load up other pages or sites that attempt to offer online and downloadable games. In most cases the installation of Game Wham components, which normally includes web browser add-on components and extensions, will come from loading freeware applications on your computer. The unfortunate part about Game Wham is that its advertisements may lead to other serious issues that end up installing unwanted or questionable software on your system. Such actions may lead to the installation of malware. Removal of Game Wham may be done by finding its related components or web browser extensions and deleting each of them. Additionally, through use of an antispyware program, Game Wham may be eliminated automatically.
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