PUP.WebApp
Posted: May 28, 2014
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: | 9,957 |
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| Threat Level: | 1/10 |
| Infected PCs: | 3,092 |
| First Seen: | May 28, 2014 |
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| Last Seen: | February 26, 2025 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PUP.WebApp is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that may be downloaded from unreliable download websites when a PC user downloads various free software. PUP.WebApp may lead to numerous system issues when it is downloaded and installed on the computer system. The computer user may permit the download of PUP.WebApp when he is downloading other freeware from suspicious download websites, or he may download PUP.WebApp mistakenly if he is not enough attentive to the installation process of free tools. Once downloaded and installed, PUP.WebApp may execute numerous system processes that may reduce the computer's performance. PUP.WebApp may various disturbing pop-up ads on the PC with the purpose to probably gain benefit from ad clicks. PUP.WebApp may take over the Web browser and lead to unwanted browser redirects to questionable websites that were produced to possibly generate advertising revenue from increased web traffic.
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