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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: | 1,105 |
| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 18,014 |
| First Seen: | February 7, 2019 |
| Last Seen: | May 25, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Invesmentstart.org is not a site that users typically visit willingly. After all, it is a deceptive page designed to run a specific browser-based tactic. By employing various social-engineering tactics and misleading messages, the site tries to convince all visitors to subscribe to its push notification services unknowingly. This particular tactic has been propagated via countless websites that have been flooding the Internet for quite a while and it seems that the trend is not losing any steam.
Dubious sites, such as Investmentstart.org can be recognized easily, as no matter what the shown scenario is, the displayed message will almost always urge users to click the 'Allow' button. Some of the most common variations include:
'Click Allow to verify that you are not a robot'
'Click Allow to watch the video'
'Click Allow to download your file'
'Click Allow to receive your reward'
Users who fail to notice the warning signs will find themselves bombarded by annoying advertisements generated by the hoax website. The advertisements could promote suspicious PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs) or lead to unsafe places, such as phishing sites, fake giveaways or other online schemes.
