ProfessionalHelper is a rogue app that our research team discovered while inspecting new submissions to VirusTotal. Our analysis revealed that this application operates as adware. Additionally, we learned that ProfessionalHelper belongs to the AdLoad malware family. Adware may not displa
We have found a new ransomware variant from the Djvu family named Pphg while examining malware samples submitted to VirusTotal. It was found that Pphg encrypts files and appends the ".pphg" extension to filenames (for example, it renames "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.pphg", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.pphg"), and creat
Allprofitsurvey[.]top is an untrustworthy website that displays deceptive content (runs a fake survey) and asks for permission to show notifications. We discovered this site while inspecting other untrustworthy pages (such as illegal movie streaming and torrent sites) that use shady advertising ne
While researching untrustworthy sites, we discovered the desktopnotificationsonline[.]com webpage. This rogue page is designed to push browser notification spam and redirect visitors to other (likely unreliable/hazardous) websites. Most users enter rogue pages via others that use rogue advertising
SunnyDay is the name of ransomware that we discovered while inspecting malware samples submitted to VirusTotal. Our malware researchers found that SunnyDay encrypts files, appends ".SunnyDay" extension to filenames, and generates a ransom note (the "!-Recovery_Instructions-!.txt" file). An exampl
Discovered by the MalwareHunterTeam, Goose is a piece of malicious software categorized as ransomware. We sampled it from VirusTotal and analyzed it. After being released on our test machine, the Goose ransomware began encrypting files. However, unlike most malicious programs of this type, it did
Recently, many scammers have been using the situation in Ukraine to trick people into sending them money or providing sensitive information. They are pretending to be legitimate organizations and ask for donations. We have analyzed this email and learned that scammers behind it use a certain scare
Discovered by Petrovic, Acepy is the name of a ransomware-type program. It is designed to encrypt data and demand payment for the decryption. We sampled Acepy from VirusTotal and ran it on our test machine. The files on the system were encrypted, and their names were appended with a ".acepy" exte
PartnerPixel is an untrustworthy application that our team has discovered on a shady website. After examination, it was found that the purpose of PartnerPixel is to generate various advertisements. Apps that operate this way are classified as adware. Typically, software of this type is promoted
While inspecting new submissions to VirusTotal, our research team discovered the DefaultImprovment application. After analyzing this piece of software, we determined that it is an adware belonging to the AdLoad malware family. It is noteworthy that adware may need the browser/system or u