Weather Forecast Online
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: | 6,639 |
Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
Infected Computers: | 145 |
First Seen: | September 20, 2022 |
Last Seen: | September 8, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Weather Forecast Online is a browser extension promising to provide users with relevant weather information, such as local forecasts, humidity, reports and other useful content. Unfortunately, when installed, the application quickly reveals that it also carries significant adware capabilities. As a result, users are likely to be subjected to an influx of unwanted advertisements promoting questionable software products and websites (technical support tactics, fake giveaways, phishing schemes, etc.).
Adware applications typically hide their primary functionality, but, in many cases, the applications themselves are hidden from the user's attention through the use of dubious distribution tactics - software bundles, fake installers/updates and more. That is why these applications often fall in the PUP (Potentially Unwanted Programs) category as well.
Users should be warned that most PUPs are equipped with additional functions that they carry out silently in the background of the system. Most frequently, these functions involve data monitoring and exfiltration. The intrusive applications will monitor the users' browsing activities, collect device details, or even try to obtain account credentials, banking data, payment information, and credit/debit card numbers from browsers' autofill data. The harvested information is packaged and transmitted to a server under the control of the PUP's operators.