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Threat Scorecard
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.
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards display a variety of useful information, including:
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: | 1,015 |
| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 28,768 |
| First Seen: | April 6, 2022 |
| Last Seen: | September 25, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Freeadvworld.com is not concerned with providing any meaningful service to its visitors. At the same time, users are highly unlikely to visit the page intentionally, and would instead be taken there through unwanted redirects caused by rogue advertising networks or PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs) lurking on their devices.
The reason Freeadvworld.com exists is to perform a popular tactic that exploits the legitimate push notification browser feature. Hoax pages of this type aim to convince users into clicking the shown 'Allow' button to enable their push notifications unknowingly. To achieve their goal, these manipulative websites utilize various social engineering and clickbait tactics.
For example, cybersecurity researchers have observed Freeadvworld.com pretend to perform a CAPTCHA check. It will show visitors an image of a confused robot. A message will be displayed right next to it:
'Click Allow if you are not a robot'
If it is successful, Freeadvworld.com will receive the needed browser permissions to start delivering unwanted advertisements to the tricked users. Advertisements associated with such untrustworthy sources are typically equally shady. They could be promoting more schemes, phishing portals, fake giveaways, or even intrusive PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs) under the guise of seemingly legitimate applications. In addition, users also could experience unwanted redirects triggered when they press the 'Allow' button. One confirmed destination is 'messagereceiver.com' - a page with virtually identical behavior to Freeadvworld.com.
URLs
Freeadvworld.com may call the following URLs:
| freeadvworld.com |
