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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: | 4,487 |
| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 798 |
| First Seen: | December 20, 2022 |
| Last Seen: | September 23, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Pcworksscanner.com shows a browser-based fraudulent message that tries to make you believe that an anti-virus (McAfee, Avira, or Norton) fast scan has found five viruses and that you need to update your anti-virus subscription to get rid of them. It does this to frighten you into buying an anti-virus license so that the fraudsters can earn a commission from the sale.
You see the Pcworksscanner.com ads because your computer is infected with malware, spam notification advertisements, or a site you have visited has sent your browser to another page.
If your system sends you to Pcworksscanner.com for no reason, then you probably have malware installed on your system. To manually remove these infections, please use the guide below.
Remove spam notifications from Google Chrome:
Get througgh the Menu button (three dots) on the upper right corner of the screen and select "Settings" In the opened window, select "Privacy and security" then click on "Site
Settings" and choose "Notifications".
In the "Allowed to send notifications" list, search for websites you do not want to receive notifications. Click on the icon near the website URL (three dots) and click "Block" or "Remove" (if you click "Remove" and visit the compromised site once more, it will ask to enable notifications again).
Removing spam notifications from Mozilla Firefox:
Click the button (three bars Menu) on the upper right corner of the screen. Select "Settings" and click on "Privacy & Security" in the toolbar on the left hand side of the
Screen. Scroll down to the "Permissions" section and click the "Settings" button next to "Notifications."
In the opened window, locate all suspicious URLs and block them using the drop-down menu or either remove them by clicking "Remove Website" at the bottom of the window (if you click "Remove Website" and visit the corrupted site once more, it will ask to enable notifications again).
URLs
Pcworksscanner.com may call the following URLs:
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