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Posted: May 25, 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: | 8/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 30 |
First Seen: | May 25, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | May 14, 2020 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Latest Weather Alerts is a toolbar for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, which has a rather controversial reputation. It offers a feature that some PC users may enjoy. The Latest Weather Alerts may provide you accurate weather forecasts using information from third-party sites. However, the Latest Weather Alerts also injects a variety of commercial materials that may lead to shady platforms. The unwanted ads also cause may performance issues with your Web clients. This behavior is the reason the experts classify this toolbar as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). The majority of products by SaferBrowser, which is the company that developed the Latest Weather Alerts, behave in a disturbing manner. Moreover, these applications may receive permission for installation in a deceiving way. You may install this PUP alongside some other freeware. This suspicious approach is called bundling. If you select the 'Quick' menu or don't read the details carefully, you may agree to load the Latest Weather Alerts without knowing. If you want to prevent such negative surprises, you should use the 'Advanced' guide instead. The general rule is that if a program tries to sneak in silently, it is not worthy. Soon after the PUP enters, you may notice a variety of unapproved changes in your Web clients. First, you may face a new search engine as your homepage. If it happens, you should not use it. The results that it provides may be inaccurate because their goal is to redirect you to sponsored pages. As you move on, you may detect abnormally high quantities of pop-ups, banners or interstitial ads. There may be hyperlinked words in the text too. The majority of these materials may lead to unknown e-commerce platforms. However, some of the ads by the Latest Weather Alerts may offer you sponsored software. In you don't want to risk installing potentially threatening applications, you should refuse. The multimedia ads may cause unexpected freezes or speed drops. It is advisable to delete the PUP with professional security software.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:C:\Users\<username>\appdata\Local\Apps\2.0\HGD8B27C.885\CDQ7BORX.557\late..erts_3fc9ac0b77bf2b60_0001.0000_344b19a7ae549c48\Setup.exe /u "Latest Weather Ale
File name: C:\Users\<username>\appdata\Local\Apps\2.0\HGD8B27C.885\CDQ7BORX.557\late..erts_3fc9ac0b77bf2b60_0001.0000_344b19a7ae549c48\Setup.exe /u "Latest Weather AleMime Type: unknown/exe /u "Latest Weather Ale
Group: Malware file
C:\Users\<username>\appdata\local\apps\2.0\hgd8b27c.885\cdq7borx.557\late..erts_3fc9ac0b77bf2b60_0001.0000_344b19a7ae549c48
File name: C:\Users\<username>\appdata\local\apps\2.0\hgd8b27c.885\cdq7borx.557\late..erts_3fc9ac0b77bf2b60_0001.0000_344b19a7ae549c48Mime Type: unknown/0000_344b19a7ae549c48
Group: Malware file
Newtonsoft.Json.dll
File name: Newtonsoft.Json.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
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