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Understanding Infection threat levels
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Understanding Infection threat levels
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How are risk levels of infections determined in Spyware Doctor?
Individual infections are displayed with a colored bar (
), which is filled from left to right, depending on the level of risk. Infection risk levels are summarized as follows:
): these Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs) have some characteristics of malware, but possess no known risks. Typical characteristics could include:
): Typical characteristics could include:
): these infections may cause inconvenience and may display misleading information. Typical characteristics could include:
): these infections may interfere with the use of your system or may be capable of capturing low-risk data, for example sending web browsing habits to third-parties for targeted advertising. Typical characteristics could include:): these infections may override user control of your system or pose high security risks such as capturing high-risk data for example, bank account details or passwords for unsolicited third-party use. Typical characteristics could include:Notes:
