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SmartLauncher Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

SmartLauncher Adware (Mac)

Our team has discovered the SmartLauncher while examining shady websites that displayed deceptive content to trick visitors into downloading questionable applications. Once installed, SmartLauncher started to generate advertisements. Thus, we have concluded that SmartLauncher is a typical advert

ProcessorCactus Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

ProcessorCactus Adware (Mac)

ProcessorCactus is an untrustworthy application that is promoted using shady websites. After downloading and installing it, we learned that it operates as adware - it generates intrusive advertisements. It is not recommended not to have apps of this type installed on the operating system. Especi

Free Msg: Your bill is paid for March. Smishing Scam (Mac)
Mac Virus

Free Msg: Your bill is paid for March. Smishing Scam (Mac)

It is a type of scam carried out over mobile text messaging. Scammers behind it seek to trick recipients into believing that they have received a "little gift" for paying a monthly bill. The message comes from the recipient's number - it looks like a legitimate message from the recipient himself

Notadslife.com Ads
Notification Spam

Notadslife.com Ads

Notadslife[.]com is an untrustworthy website designed to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications and redirect to other sites of this kind. We have discovered notadslife[.]com while examining pages that use rogue advertising networks (such as torrent pages, illegal movie streaming sit

Blocksly Adware
Adware

Blocksly Adware

While inspecting shady websites, our researchers found the Blocksly browser extension. It is endorsed as an "innovative ad protector"; in other words, an adblocker. However, after analyzing this extension, we concluded that it operates as adware instead. Adware may require certain conditio

Verblecon Malware
Trojan

Verblecon Malware

Verblecon is a piece of malware that operates as a loader - it drops the other malicious content on the computers infected with it. We have found that cybercriminals are using Verblecon to distribute cryptocurrency miners. However, it can also be used to drop other malware (for example, ransomware

Defense-Search Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

Defense-Search Browser Hijacker

We have discovered the Defense-Search browser extension during our periodical research on sites that use shady advertising networks. It was found that this app changes the settings of a browser to promote defense-search.xyz - a fake search engine. Apps that promote fake search engines this way are

Totaldatasecuritycentr.com Ads
Notification Spam

Totaldatasecuritycentr.com Ads

During a routine inspection of untrustworthy sites, our research team found the totaldatasecuritycentr[.]com rogue webpage. It is designed to load deceptive content, push browser notification spam, and redirect visitors to other (likely unreliable/malicious) websites. Most users enter webpages li

Ddenkno.xyz Ads
Notification Spam

Ddenkno.xyz Ads

We have discovered the ddenkno[.]xyz page while examining other pages (illegal movie streaming, torrent, and similar sites) that use rogue advertising networks. The purpose of ddenkno[.]xyz is to trick visitors into allowing it to show notifications and redirect them to other dubious sites.

Baro Search Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

Baro Search Browser Hijacker

While researching dubious download webpages, we discovered the Baro Search browser extension. After analyzing it, we determined that it operates as a browser hijacker and promotes the barosearch.com illegitimate search engine. Additionally, this piece of rogue software spies on users' browsing act