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What is Crackonosh malware?

It is popular among cybercriminals to distribute malware by hiding it inside cracked software. It is known that Crackonosh is distributed alongside cracked popular games and other software. The main purpose of Crackonosh is to install the XMRIG miner and mine cryptocurrencies for the attackers.

What is Neer ransomware?

Neer is a piece of malicious software belonging to the Djvu ransomware family. Systems infected with this malware experience data encryption (files are rendered inaccessible) and receive ransom demands for the decryption (access recovery).

During the encryption process, affected files are appended with the ".neer" extension. For example, a file initially titled "1.jpg" would appear as something similar to "1.jpg.neer", "2.jpg" as "2.jpg.neer", "3.jpg" as "3.jpg.neer", and so forth.

After the encryption process is complete, a ransom note - "_readme.txt" - is created.

What is retressive[.]website?

Retressive[.]website is the URL of a rogue site, which shares many common traits with byluxrayor.com, deeepmedia.biz, trking.xyz, and thousands of others. It is designed to load questionable content and/or redirect visitors to different untrustworthy or possibly malicious pages.

Rogue webpages are rarely accessed intentionally; most users enter them via redirects caused by intrusive ads or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). This software can infiltrate systems without user permission. PUAs are designed to force-open websites, deliver intrusive advertisement campaigns, and collect browsing-related data.

What is Dictionary Search?

Dictionary Search is a browser hijacker endorsed as an easy access tool to online dictionaries. Typically, software within this category makes alterations to browser settings in order to promote fake search engines.

In some cases, Dictionary Search modifies browsers to promote togosearching.com, and in others - it does not. Additionally, Dictionary Search spies on users' browsing habits.

Due to the dubious techniques used to distribute browser hijackers, they are also classified as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

What is Level1 ransoomware?

Level1 ransomware encrypts and renames files and generates multiple text files containing the same ransom demanding message. It renames files by replacing their names with a string of random characters and their extensions with ".level1" extension (for example, it renames "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.E19C42oL0ysV4E1iiww3tG1HK..level1", "2.jpg" to "1.jpg.E19C42oL0ysV4E1iiww3tG1HK..level1"). Level1 creates "ATTENTION!!!.txt" text files (ransom notes) in all folders containing encrypted files and ten copies ("ATTENTION!!!0.txt"..."ATTENTION!!!9.txt") on the desktop.

What is Rxqcpjoai ransomware?

Rxqcpjoai is a piece of malicious software belonging to the Snatch ransomware group. It operates by encrypting data (locking files) and demands payment for the decryption (access recovery to the data).

During the encryption process, affected files are appended with the ".rxqcpjoai" extension. For example, a file initially named "1.jpg" would appear as "1.jpg.rxqcpjoai", "2.jpg" as "2.jpg.rxqcpjoai", "3.jpg" as "3.jpg.rxqcpjoai", and so on.

After the encryption process is complete, ransom notes titled "HOW TO RESTORE YOUR FILES.TXT" - are dropped into compromised folders.

What is byluxrayor[.]com?

Byluxrayor[.]com is designed to open questionable pages and display deceptive content (byluxrayor[.]com does one or the another after checking visitor's IP address). It is very common for websites of this type to be promoted through other pages pf this kind, potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) and ads that appear mainly on unreliable websites.

What is the deeepmedia[.]biz site?

Sharing many similar traits with trking.xyz, convmusic.com, 1music-online.me, and thousands of others, deeepmedia[.]biz is a rogue website. It operates by presenting visitors with dubious material and/or redirecting them to different unreliable and possibly malicious webpages.

Users usually access such sites unintentionally; most get redirected to them by intrusive advertisements or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). This software can infiltrate systems without explicit user permission. PUAs can have heinous abilities, including - causing redirects, running intrusive advert campaigns, and gathering browsing-related data.

What is PDFConverterSearchMedia?

PDFConverterSearchMedia is a piece of rogue software categorized as a browser hijacker. It modifies browser settings in order to promote the pdfconvertersearchmedia.com fake search engine.

Additionally, most browser hijackers have data tracking abilities, which are used to spy on users' browsing activity. PDFConverterSearchMedia likely has such functionalities as well.

Since users typically download/install browser hijackers inadvertently, they are also classified as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

What is FreeIncognitoSearch browser hijacker?

FreeIncognitoSearch is a browser hijacker because that changes certain settings to promote a fake search engine (the freeincognitosearch.com address). It is uncommon for browser hijackers to be downloaded and installed intentionally. For this reason, FreeIncognitoSearch and other apps of this kind are called potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).