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What is ctcodeinfo.com?

Ctcodeinfo.com is the address of a fake search engine. As a rule, fake search engines are promoted via browser hijackers. It is known that this particular address is promoted through various malicious apps, for example, a fake Google Translate extension, which also adds the "Managed by your organization" feature).

In most cases, apps of this kind hijack browsers by changing some of their settings. It is common that they collect browsing-related and (or) other information as well.

What is herelations[.]fun?

Herelations[.]fun is a rogue site sharing many similarities with express-news.me, makeklick.biz, ltheyearr.online, saytoyoup.fun, and countless others. Visitors to this webpage are presented with questionable content and/or redirected to untrustworthy or possibly malicious sites.

Users typically enter these pages unintentionally; most get redirected to them by intrusive adverts or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

These apps do not require explicit user permission to infiltrate systems. PUAs are designed to cause redirects, deliver intrusive advertisement campaigns, and collect browsing-related information.

What is Vecchia Brianza Chocolab email virus?

Malspam is used to trick recipients into downloading and opening a malicious file designed to infect a computer with malicious software. Their emails contain a malicious attachment or download link for a malicious file.

In most cases, cybercriminals pretend to be legitimate companies, organizations, or other entities and disguise their emails as urgent letters regarding some invoice, shipment delivery, purchase order, etc.

This email is disguised as a letter from the company called Vecchia Brianza Chocolab. Cybercriminals use it as a channel to deliver FormBook malware.

What is WirelessNetView?

WirelessNetView is a piece of software endorsed as a tool to monitor the activity of wireless networks in the vicinity.

According to its promotional material, this application is capable of acquiring the following information about nearby wireless networks: SSID (Wi-Fi network name), quality of the last and average signals, authentication and cipher algorithms, MAC (Media Access Control) addresses, RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator), channel frequency and number, etc.

However, due to the questionable techniques used to distribute WirelessNetView, it is classified as a PUA (Potentially Unwanted Application). It is noteworthy that software within this classification is often nonoperational and may have unmentioned, harmful abilities.

What is ltheyearr[.]online?

Ltheyearr[.]online is the address (URL) of a rogue website, which operates by loading dubious content and/or redirecting visitors to other untrustworthy/malicious pages. Users seldom access this site intentionally; most get redirected to it by intrusive ads or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

These apps can infiltrate systems without express user permission. PUAs are designed to cause redirects, run intrusive advert campaigns, and gather browsing-related data.

The Internet is full of rogue websites similar to ltheyearr[.]online; special-update.online, saytoyoup.fun, christianivory.pro, and totalnicestories.com - are but a few examples.

What is PublicToolboxLookup?

PublicToolboxLookup is a type of potentially unwanted application (PUA) that generates advertisements. Also, this app promotes a fake search engine by making changes in browser settings.

Therefore, PublicToolboxLookup is an adware-type that has functionality of a browser hijacker. It is common that apps of this type can access and collect various information as well.

Usually, users download and install adware, browser hijackers unknowingly because they are distributed using deceptive techniques. It is known that this particular app is distributed using a fake Adobe Flash Player installer.

What is the GoNNaCry ransomware?

GoNNaCry is a ransomware-type program. Systems infected with this malware experience data encryption and receive ransom demands for the decryption.

In other words, victims' files are rendered inaccessible and they are asked to pay - to recover access to their data. During the encryption process, files are appended with the ".GoNNaCry" extension.

For example, a file initially titled something like "1.jpg" would appear as "1.jpg.GoNNaCry", "2.jpg" as "2.jpg.GoNNaCry", and so forth. After this process is complete, a ransom-demanding message - "GoNNaCry.html" - is created.

What is the special-update[.]online website?

Sharing common traits with saytoyoup.fun, ctivetothe.online, christianivory.pro, android-system.live, and thousands of others, special-update[.]online is an untrustworthy webpage. It operates by loading dubious material and/or redirecting visitors to unreliable/dangerous sites.

Special-update[.]online and websites akin to it - are usually accessed unintentionally. Most users enter them through redirects caused by intrusive ads or PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications) already installed onto their devices.

These apps can infiltrate systems stealthily and subsequently cause redirects, run intrusive advertisement campaigns, and collect information relating to browsing activity.

What is saytoyoup[.]fun?

Depending on visitor's geolocation, the saytoyoup[.]fun page can open other untrustworthy websites or load its content. Either way, saytoyoup[.]fun is not a trustworthy website.

There are many examples of pages similar to saytoyoup[.]fun, some of them are ctivetothe[.]online, christianivory[.]pro, and android-system[.]live. It is important to mention that users do not intentionally open such pages - browsers automatically open them when they have some potentially unwanted application (PUA) installed on them.

It is also common that that sites like saytoyoup[.]fun get opened through deceptive ads and other untrustworthy pages.

What is the "Verizon Reward"?

"Verizon Reward Scam" is a scheme run on various deceptive sites. This scam states that users will be rewarded if they complete a survey concerning their mobile experiences.

This prize giveaway is supposedly held by Verizon Communications Inc. - an American multinational telecommunications conglomerate. It must be emphasized that this scheme is in no way associated with Verizon, and all the claims by it - are false.

The goal of the "Verizon Reward" scam is to trick users into visiting/using various unreliable and malicious websites. Typically, deceptive pages are accessed unintentionally; most users enter them via mistyped URLs, redirects caused by intrusive ads, or have them force-opened by installed unwanted applications.

It is noteworthy that the "Verizon Reward" scheme has been observing being promoted through Verizon-themed spam mail (email subject "you are the chosen one! [recipient's email address]"; may vary).