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EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards are assessment reports for different malware threats which have been collected and analyzed by our research team. EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards evaluate and rank threats using several metrics including real-world and potential risk factors, trends, frequency, prevalence, and persistence. EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards are updated regularly based on our research data and metrics and are useful for a wide range of computer users, from end users seeking solutions to remove malware from their systems to security experts analyzing threats.
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Ranking: The ranking of a particular threat in EnigmaSoft’s Threat Database.
Severity Level: The determined severity level of an object, represented numerically, based on our risk modeling process and research, as explained in our Threat Assessment Criteria.
Infected Computers: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
See also Threat Assessment Criteria.
Ranking: | 10,280 |
Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
Infected Computers: | 2,993 |
First Seen: | August 3, 2015 |
Last Seen: | September 18, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
An ad-supported software on your system generates the ads by Phrase Professor in your Internet client. The Phrase Professor browser plug-in is promoted as a tool for searching and translating the information on the Web by providing aggregated results from Wikipedia and Bing. The Phrase Professor plug-in may have arrived on your computer incorporated with a free software package and can be downloaded directly from PhraseProfessor.com. The Phrase Professor browser plug-in functions similarly to the ReferenceBoss app and will display advertisements to support its development. Security investigators perceive the Phrase Professor plug-in as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that may obstruct your Internet activities by displaying too many ads. You should note that the Phrase Professor plug-in will rear information like your Internet browsing logs and bookmarks to show shopping comparison, coupons, inline ads and discounts related to your online behavior. The Phrase Professor plug-in will show pop-up windows when you highlight text on a webpage to provide you with relevant information. Additionally, the Phrase Professor app will make an entry in the Windows Registry to launch a background service at boot-up. The Phrase Professor plug-in may decrease your overall computer performance and offer you to install programs like ConvertAd and Search Protection that have a bad reputation. Many users may want to seek more optimized, and ads-free alternatives to the Phrase Professor plug-in considering the information provided above. You can use a reputable anti-spyware utility to remove the Phrase Professor software securely.
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