Groundflares.com
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: | 8,536 |
| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 41 |
| First Seen: | October 7, 2022 |
| Last Seen: | January 8, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Groundflares.com is highly unlikely to be a site that users decide to visit intentionally. After all, the page appears to lack any useful content. Instead, it is primarily focused on running a popular browser-based tactic. Visitors are likely to be greeted by misleading and clickbait messages urging them to press the shown 'Allow' button. However, what these rogue websites rarely reveal, is the true functionality of the button. Indeed, Groundflares.com will try to mask the fact that pressing 'Allow' will subscribe the user to the page's push notification services via various false scenarios.
The most frequently encountered scheme is for the dubious website to pretend to be doing a CAPTCHA check. In these cases, users are likely to see messages such as:
'Click 'Allow' to verify, that you are not a robot'
Other popular scenarios include the page claiming that clicking the button will grant users access to an online video or a file will become available for download. In reality, Groundflares, and all other sites running this scheme, will receive important browser permissions allowing them to start generating intrusive advertisements on the user's device.
The shown advertisements are rarely for legitimate destinations, services, or software products. Instead, users risk seeing advertisements for phishing schemes, fake giveaways, technical support tactics, platforms spreading PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs), etc.
