Princess Games Ads
Posted: October 6, 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.
Ranking: | 13,471 |
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Threat Level: | 8/10 |
Infected PCs: | 180 |
First Seen: | October 6, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | August 10, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Security experts identify Princess Games as adware and advise users to restrain from installing this application. Princess Games may be installed as a web browser extension, so in most cases users wouldn't be capable of removing it via the Windows Control Panel. This makes the removal of Princess Games a bit more sophisticated operation since some users may not know how to stop and remove web browser extensions. Another issue with Princess Games is that it may be installed without the user's knowledge. This may occur thanks to the use of unfair propagation techniques such as stealth installations and software bundling. The Princess Games adware may be dropped to your computer when you opt to install a free application like a PDF reader, media player or codec pack. These freeware and shareware utilities may offer to install 3rd-party apps like the Princess Games adware. Installing the Princess Games browser extension may result in a large number of ads being displayed in your web browser. Additionally, the extension may also collect anonymous data about your browsing activities, so it is essentially monitoring your actions whenever you start your web browser.
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