PrivateVPNBrowsing
Posted: February 1, 2018
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: | 5,348 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 1,986 |
First Seen: | November 30, 2023 |
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Last Seen: | March 9, 2025 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PrivateVPNBrowsing is a browser add-on that is only available for Google Chrome. It is offered on the Friendlyappz.com website, but users might also come across it on the official Chrome Store, as well as in paid online ads whose purpose is to promote PrivateVPNBrowsing as a useful utility that can help users preserve their privacy and anonymity while browsing the web.
Unfortunately, PrivateVPNBrowsing isn't a great tool to use if you want to stay anonymous, because it does not offer any of the features that are typical for Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). Instead, all that it does is to modify the browser's settings in order to refer all searches to Mps.eanswers.com, as well as to replace Chrome's new tab page with Myprivatesearch.com. Since PrivateVPNBrowsing does not offer anything of value, it is recommended to avoid using this extension. Popular PC security products identify PrivateVPNBrowsing and other extensions found on Friendlyappz.com as potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) and can help you get rid of them. Keep in mind that these apps are not dangerous, so their removal can also be completed manually.
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