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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.
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Threat Level: | 80 % (High) |
Infected Computers: | 5 |
First Seen: | May 6, 2016 |
Last Seen: | July 4, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Playback application may enter your PC as a drive-by installation of a freeware program. Playback is promoted as an application that can help computer users play videos and listen to music in an easier way. This may seem to be a nice feature to computer users that like to spend their free time enjoying this kind of entertainment, but you should know that Playback may inject numerous advertisements in your Web browser and lead you to suspicious websites. By installing the Playback adware on your PC, you may be presented with links to unsafe online content and your browsing history and bookmarks could be collected and used by Playback to provide you with personalized commercials.
Adware such as the Playback may utilize toolbars, plugins, add-ons, Browser Helper Objects and browser extensions to accomplish its intent. Moreover, the Playback adware may launch a background service and a task in Windows Task Scheduler to collect information like your typed URLs and search terms. Security experts add that the Playback adware may use several types of cookies (Flash, HTTP and session cookies) to store and send data about your online habits to advertisers. Computer users affected by the Playback adware might notice unpleasant browser activities and a reduced PC's performance.Computer users should remove the Playback adware from their OSs by using an anti-malware solution that can boost their cyber defenses and prevent the entrance of similar parasites.
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