Yamdex.net
Posted: December 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: | 4,029 |
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Threat Level: | 5/10 |
Infected PCs: | 16,858 |
First Seen: | December 12, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Yamdex.net is a Russian domain that serves as an advertising platform. Yamdex.net contains links towards dating sites, news pages, job sites and platforms for online games. Yamdex.net also offers a search field and shows currency exchange rates. You also may see tips on how to lose weight. The page doesn't host threats of any kind, but its administrators may use highly questionable methods to get a consistent flow of visitors. Yamdex.net is related to a browser hijacker that may change some of the settings of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. After this questionable extension infects the Web clients, Yamdex.net may cause regular automatic redirections to yamdex.net. This process may be very annoying. This Russian advertising platform also may become your homepage, and you may be unable to change it back to your preferred choice. The browser hijacker might have received permission for its installation when you have agreed to load some freeware. To separate useful components in software bundles from suspicious applications that you don't need, you should use the 'Advanced' menu. Although Yamdex.net itself is safe, we cannot verify that all of its partners are also legit. Some of the sites may suggest you install some software, which may turn out to be adware or a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). Security experts warn that other sites may show a series of pop-ups, which may prevent the user from closing the browser tab. Many of the affiliated platforms offer different products. However, it is not advisable to trust unknown sites with your money for security reasons. You should delete the annoying browser hijacker to stop the unauthorized redirections to Yamdex.net.
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