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AnalyzerDivision Adware (Mac)

What is AnalyzerDivision?

AnalyzerDivision is designed to display advertisements and promote a fake search engine. In this way, the app functions as adware and a browser hijacker, and it might also collect user information.

Adware and other software of this kind is often downloaded and installed by users unintentionally and, for this reason, AnalyzerDivision is categorized as a potentially unwanted application (PUA).

   
SpeedFixTool Unwanted Application

What is SpeedFixTool?

SpeedFixTool is advertised as a simple and powerful tool to scan, clean and optimize computers, however, this program is promoted using dubious methods. Therefore, at least some users download and install SpeedFixTool inadvertently.

Programs that users download and install unintentionally are categrized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

   
DERZKO Ransomware

What is DERZKO?

Typically, ransomware is designed to encrypt and rename files (prevent access) and keep them inaccessible unless a ransom is paid. DERZKO renames files by appending the ".DERZKO" extension to filenames. For example, "1.jpg" is renamed to "1.jpg.DERZKO", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.DERZKO", and so on.

DERZKO also creates the "DERZKO-HELP.txt" file in all folders that contain encrypted files.

Note that DERZKO was discovered by MalwareHunterTeam and belongs to the NEFILIM ransomware family.

   
CoolStreamSearch Browser Hijacker

What is CoolStreamSearch?

CoolStreamSearch is rogue software categorized as a browser hijacker. After infiltrating systems, CoolStreamSearch makes modifications to browser settings to promote coolstreamsearch.com, a fake search engine. This browser hijacker also has data tracking capabilities, which are employed to collect browsing-related information.

Due to the dubious methods used to proliferate CoolStreamSearch, it is also classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA).

   
Lucifer Ransomware

What is the Lucifer ransomware?

Discovered by MalwareHunterTeam, Lucifer is a malicious program categorized as ransomware. This type of malware is designed to encrypt data and demand payment for decryption. Systems infected with Lucifer ransomware have their files "locked" (rendered inaccessible and useless) and users receive ransom demands to have them "unlocked".

When Lucifer encrypts, all affected files are appended with a unique ID assigned to the victim and the ".lucifer" extension. For example, a file originally named "1.jpg" would appear as something similar to "1.jpg.Id-PYOXTPKBOX.lucifer" following encryption.

After this process is complete, ransom messages within "HELP_DECRYPT_YOUR_FILES.txt" and "HELP_DECRYPT_YOUR_FILES.html" files are created.

   
Javali Banking Trojan

What is Javali?

Banking Trojans are malicious programs that, once installed on the victim's computer, create botnets, steal credentials, inject malicious code into web browsers, or steal money. Javali (also known as Ousaban) is a banking Trojan targeting users of financial institutions living in Latin America.

Research shows that this Trojan is distributed using malicious links and attachments in malspam emails. If there is any reason to believe that the Javali Trojan is installed on the operating system, remove it immediately.

   
Searchlee Browser Hijacker (Mac)

What is Searchlee?

Browser hijackers are potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) that change browser settings (to promote fake search engines) and gather browsing data. Searchlee promotes searchlee.com, an untrusted search engine that generates fake results with deceptive ads among them.

This browser hijacker is developed by Linkury Inc., a company that developed another notorious browser hijacker called SafeFinder.

   
SocksBot Malware

What is SocksBot?

SocksBot is backdoor-type malware: it creates a 'backdoor' for other malicious programs to infiltrate. I.e., following successful infiltration, SocksBot can download/install additional malware.

Backdoors such as SocksBot are used to infect devices with all manner of malicious software such as Trojans, ransomware, cryptominers, and so on. Hence, the threats posed by SocksBot are particularly varied.

   
DriverScape Unwanted Application

What is the DriverScape unwanted application?

DriverScape is untrusted software, endorsed as a tool for identifying missing and outdated drivers, and then installing/updating them. DriverScape's website claims to have a well-organized database, which contains various drivers from official sources. The application also claims to have various printer, scanner, video, audio, motherboard, monitor, Bluetooth, mobile device, keyboard, mouse, and other drivers.

In fact, DriverScape is distributed using dubious techniques and is thus classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA). Apps within this classification are likely to be nonoperational and might have dangerous capabilities.

   
Enel Email Virus

What is Enel email virus?

Enel is an Italian manufacturer and distributor of electricity and gas. There are multiple variants of phishing and malspam emails that are currently circulating and claiming to be from this company. Cyber criminals behind these emails attempt to trick recipients into providing sensitive information or installing malicious software called Ursnif.

   

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