InstalleRex-WebPick

Posted: June 9, 2014

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

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:	8/10
Infected PCs:	40

First Seen:	June 9, 2014
Last Seen:	October 31, 2022
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

InstalleRex-WebPick is a software installation utility with a reputation for installing unwanted software, or PUPs. These unwanted programs may include advertising add-ons, search-hijacking toolbars or other additions to your browser that, overall, have zero advantages compared to their many drawbacks. For the safety of your Web-browsing experience, malware researchers discourage installing any InstalleRex-WebPick software, which you should delete through anti-adware scanners or other, relevant security tools after the fact.

The Financial T-Rex Nibbling on Your Browser

InstalleRex-WebPick is a pay-per-install application. Although there's no hard barrier preventing InstalleRex-WebPick from being used to install benign applications, malware experts have tied its history to adware and other unwanted add-ons. Their ranks may include:

Universally, these programs make claims of being beneficial additions to your browser. In practical terms, installing adware merely may force your browser to load new advertisements that carry no benefits for you. Although far from guaranteed to occur with each advertisement, malware experts also may find these advertisements to be favorite resources for some people to distribute prize hoaxes, fraudulent updates containing threats and similar attacks. Interactions with InstalleRex-WebPick advertisements are, therefore, undertaken at your own risk.

However, because InstalleRex-WebPick and related programs don't commit illegal or intentionally threatening acts, they are not rated as threats, such as a Trojan would be. Even so, a Potentially Unwanted Program also may endanger the safety of your browser (and the rest of your PC) that you never should ignore.

Picking Your Way out of InstalleRex-WebPick's Advertisements

By definition, uninstalling an InstalleRex-WebPick installer also requires that you uninstall its other Potentially Unwanted Programs. Since these programs have a varying nature, symptoms and side effects all are variable, but malware experts would particularly warn against trusting unusual advertisements on your browser until you delete InstalleRex-WebPick entirely. Since InstalleRex-WebPick is only a PUP, using anti-adware or anti-malware utilities from Safe Mode should be an adequate removal method, unless other PC threats interfere.
Free software websites that may distribute InstalleRex-WebPick may not always announce that fact, and, if you have any suspicious about a download, malware researchers advise you to scan the file before opening it.

InstalleRex-WebPick

Threat Metric

The Financial T-Rex Nibbling on Your Browser

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