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What is Home Improvement Reward scam?

Fake online surveys is one of the ways that scammers use to trick unsuspecting users into providing personal, often sensitive information that could be monetized in one or another way. Also, fake surveys can be used to trick users into making money transactions, providing credit card details.

Research shows that this fake survey is promoted via email - scammers send emails disguised as letters from Lowe's (retail company) encouraging recipients to confirm a delivery and offering a reward in return.

The actual Lowe's company has nothing to do with this email or the survey promoted through it. Therefore, it is strongly recommended not to trust this email.

What is wholefreshposts[.]com?

Wholefreshposts[.]com is a rogue website, which operates by presenting visitors with dubious material and/or redirecting them to other untrustworthy/malicious pages. The Internet is full of such sites; filemix-1.com, informistio.com, news-hot.xyz  - are but a few examples.

Users rarely access them intentionally. Most get redirected to wholefreshposts[.]com and similar websites by intrusive advertisements or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

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

What is the "Palladium" scam email?

"Palladium email virus" is the name of a spam campaign designed to proliferate malicious software. The term "spam campaign" is used to define a mass-scale operation during which thousands of deceptive emails are sent.

The scam letters distributed through this campaign - are disguised as product inquires, supposedly from the "Palladium Group Co., Ltd". These emails have infectious files attached to them, which upon opening - initiate malware download/installation processes.

What is Agos email virus?

It is common that cybercriminals attempt to trick users into installing malware via attachments or website links in emails. Usually, they pretend to be legitimate companies, organizations, or other entities and state that a file attached to their email is some important document (e.g., invoice, purchase order).

Their main purpose is to trick recipients into downloading and opening a malicious file designed to install malicious software. This email is disguised as a letter from Agos (a legitimate company) and used to distribute malware too.

It is unknown which type of malware the attached file is designed to install. Although, most cybercriminals use email to deliver ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, or remote administration trojans (RATs).

What is the ctivetothe[.]online website?

Ctivetothe[.]online is a rogue site akin to christianivory.pro, android-system.live, flymedia, eyourcom.fun, and thousands of others. Visitors to this webpage are presented with dubious content and/or redirected to untrustworthy and malicious sites.

Users seldom access such websites intentionally; most get redirected to them by intrusive advertisements or have them force-opened by installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

These apps do not need explicit user consent to be installed onto devices. PUAs can have varied heinous functionalities, including - causing redirects, running intrusive advertisement campaigns, and gathering browsing-related data.

What is christianivory[.]pro?

Christianivory[.]pro loads its content or opens questionable websites - it depends on its visitor's geolocation (IP address). Typically, pages like christianivory[.]pro are promoted through untrustworthy advertisements, websites and various potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) that most users download and install unknowingly.

In other words, users do not visit pages like christianivory[.]pro by themselves (on purpose). More examples of pages like christianivory[.]pro are totalnicestories[.]com, liveredby[.]online, and wcoulditbe[.]club. It is noteworthy that PUAs often are designed to collect data related to browsing habits and (or) display advertisements.

What is the android-system[.]live website?

Android-system[.]live is a rogue site, which presents visitors with highly questionable content and/or redirects them to untrustworthy or possibly malicious webpages. The Internet is rife with such websites; totalnicestories.com, flymedia, and liveredby.online - are but a few examples.

Android-system[.]live and similar sites are seldom accessed intentionally. Most users get redirected to these webpages by intrusive adverts or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

This software does not need explicit permission to infiltrate systems; therefore, users may be unaware of its presence. PUAs are designed to cause redirects, run intrusive advertisement campaigns, and collect browsing-related data.

What is SectionChannel?

SectionChannel is an adware-type application with browser hijacker traits. It is designed to deliver intrusive advertisement campaigns and promote fake search engines through modifications made to browser settings.

Additionally, software of this type usually has data tracking abilities, which are used to collect browsing-related and other sensitive information. Users rarely download/install SectionChannel and apps similar to it intentionally, due to this - it is also categorized as a PUA (Potentially Unwanted Application).

One of the dubious techniques used in SectionChannel's distribution is proliferation via fake Adobe Flash Player updates. It is noteworthy that illegitimate software updaters/installers are employed to spread malware (e.g., trojans, ransomware, etc.) as well.

What is totalnicestories[.]com?

Totalnicestories[.]com is one of the many websites designed to promote various untrustworthy, potentially malicious pages. Although, it can load its content instead of opening other pages as well.

In one way or another, totalnicestories[.]com is not a reliable page. More examples of pages like this one are liveredby[.]online, wcoulditbe[.]club, and eyourcom[.]fun. Another important detail about these websites is that users do not visit them on purpose.

Usually, users open those pages by clicking dubious advertisements or visiting other untrustworthy websites. In other cases, pages like totalnicestories[.]com get opened by some potentially unwanted application (PUA) installed on a browser or the operating system.

What are the flymedia sites?

Flymedia is a group of untrustworthy websites designed to present visitors with questionable content and/or redirect them to unreliable/malicious sites. The Internet is full of webpages of this type; liveredby.online, wcoulditbe.club, and eyourcom.fun - are just a few examples.

Users typically access such websites unintentionally. Most get redirected to them by intrusive ads or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

These apps do not require explicit user consent to infiltrate systems. PUAs operate by causing redirects, running intrusive advertisement campaigns, and collecting browsing-related information.