Solid YouTube Downloader and Converter
Posted: August 12, 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: | 4,137 |
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Threat Level: | 5/10 |
Infected PCs: | 16,336 |
First Seen: | August 12, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 15, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Solid YouTube Downloader and Converter is an application developed by TopVideoSoft that some PC users may gladly install, tempted by its features. Its developers state that this tool will make it possible to download videos from YouTube and convert them to a suitable file format. Since the famous video platform still doesn't offer such service, this program may seem a good choice. However, after a detailed analysis the experts notice that Solid YouTube Downloader and Converter behave in a way that most users don't expect. For this reason, the application is marked as Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). The problem is that it inserts large quantities of unrequested advertising materials in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Although if you spend enough time to read all the information in the "Terms and Conditions" you may notice signs of this behavior, it is not a secret that people usually skip the details. These ads are nothing like the ones that you may be used to seeing. The new pop-ups, banners and interstitial ads are far more aggressive, and they may be seen on almost every site you land on. The PUP monitors your browsing history to get an idea of what may attract your attention, so the that ads may be accurate. You should not click on them for the sake of keeping your PC clean. If the commercial materials lead you to unsafe platforms, you may be encouraged to install highly questionable software. In addition, Solid YouTube Downloader and Converter may worsen the performance of the web clients, so you should seriously consider removing it and finding an alternative program.
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