"Clean Up Your Windows PC After Surfing The Web!" is a pop-up message displayed by a shady website that we have discovered while visiting pages that use shady advertising networks. After analyzing this shady page, we found that it is a technical-support scam designed to trick visitors into calling
9anime[.]to is an anime streaming website that uses rogue advertising networks and distributes content without permission from the property owners. We have tested this page and seen it opening other websites in a new browser tab. Pretty often, pages that use such advertising networks are used to p
Our research team analyzed the listenvid[.]com website and concluded that visiting/using it endangers device and user safety. This site offers to convert YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Facebook, Metacafe, VK, SoundCloud, Instagram, and Twitter videos (via URLs) to downloadable audio and video files
We have examined the Azazel ransomware (file-encrypting malware) and learned that it belongs to a family of ransomware called Chaos. We also found that it renames encrypted files by appending the ".Azazel" extension, creates the "read_it.txt" file (which contains a ransom note), and changes the de
After installing the Best-CouponSearch browser extension onto our test system, we noticed unwanted redirects to the best-couponsearch.com fake search engine. This was caused by modifications the extension made to browser settings. The described behavior classifies Best-CouponSearch as a browser hi
Our team has discovered the NodeStatisticsProjector application while inspecting samples submitted to VirusTotal. We have examined NodeStatisticsProjector and found that it has traits of an advertising-supported and browser-hijacking application. It displays ads and promotes a fake search engine
Qqqe is a ransomware-type program designed to encrypt data and make ransom demands for the decryption. While analyzing it, we learned that it is yet another program belonging to the Djvu ransomware family. On our test machine, it encrypted files and appended them with the ".qqqe" extension. For e
We have discovered Yoqs while inspecting various download pages for cracked software. Our malware researchers have tested the ransomware sample and found that it is part of the Djvu ransomware family. The Yoqs ransomware encrypts files, appends the ".yoqs" extension to filenames, and provides a ra
Our research team found worldfreshblog[.]com when researching rogue websites. This site is designed to push browser notification spam, but it may also load dubious material and/or redirect visitors to other untrustworthy and harmful webpages. Most visitors to worldfreshblog[.]com and similar webs
During a routine review of new malware submissions on VirusTotal, we found the Punisher Miner cryptominer. Our research revealed that this malicious program is designed to mine Monero, Toncoin, and Ravencoin cryptocurrencies. Cryptominer malware is characterized by its ability to use infec