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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: | 1,172 |
| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 50,250 |
| First Seen: | January 25, 2019 |
| Last Seen: | September 25, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Ourcoolstories.com wants to take advantage of its visitors by showing them dubious and questionable content. Depending on the user's geolocation, the site can cause forced redirects to other equally as shady pages, display content on its own, or run a browser-based tactic luring visitors into subscribing to its push notification services. There are countless hoax pages virtually indistinguishable from Ourcoolstories.com already put on the Internet, such as Lukchit.com, Sundaytelegraph.xyz and Venuedurin.xyz.
The ourcoolstories.com page has been observed by infosec researchers to display a progress bar accompanied by a message similar to:
'Click the 'Allow' button to subscribe to the push notifications and continue watching'
Users who fall for the trap will find themselves being flooded by intrusive, unwanted and annoying advertisements. It is entirely possible for the generated advertisements to abuse the same deceptive tactics to lure users into engaging with them. Afterward, they may redirect to pages spreading barely-functional PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs), online tactics, phishing schemes, fake giveaways and more.
In fact, the reason users land on pages such as Ourcoolstories.com, in the first place, could be exactly such a PUP that has already managed to infiltrate their computers or devices. PUPs are spread via sneaky distribution techniques that mask their installation. Once inside the device, these intrusive devices can generate more unwanted advertisements, modify the settings of the Web browser to open unfamiliar pages or even spy on the user's browsing activities.
URLs
Ourcoolstories.com may call the following URLs:
| ourcoolstories.com |
