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What is the Receive iPhone 12 scam?

This is one of many scams that ask visitors to participate in a survey to win a tech prize. This particular scam offers a chance to win an iPhone 12 Pro.

In most cases, scammers behind these rogue pages attempt to trick unsuspecting visitors into providing sensitive information or subscribing to paid services. In all cases, these scams should be ignored.

Note that users do not often visit these or similar scam pages intentionally - they are opened through deceptive advertisements, other untrustworthy sites, or by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) that users have accidentally installed onto their browsers or operating systems.

What is yourcommonfeed[.]com?

Typically, rogue websites such as yourcommonfeed[.]com are promoted via dubious advertisements, other bogus websites, and potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). I.e., yourcommonfeed[.]com and other bogus sites are not often visited by users intentionally.

There are many similar sites online. Some examples are cpa-optimizer[.]best, cncode[.]pw, and destinynewyorks[.]co.

What is StreamSearchIt?

StreamSearchIt is rogue software that modifies browser settings to promote the streamssearchit.com fake search engine. Due to this behavior, StreamSearchIt is classified as a browser hijacker.

Additionally, most software of this type has data tracking capabilities, which are employed to collect browsing-related information. Since most users download/install browser hijackers inadvertently, they are also categorized as Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs).

What is YourIncognitoSearch?

The YourIncognitoSearch browser hijacker promotes yourincognitosearch.com, a fake search engine. Like most apps of this type, YourIncognitoSearch changes the browser settings to promote its associated fake search engine.

Browser hijackers continually collect information relating to internet browsing activities and other data. Most users download and install these rogue apps unintentionally and, therefore, they are classified as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

What is cpa-optimizer[.]best?

cpa-optimizer[.]best loads dubious content or opens bogus web pages that cannot be trusted.

Note that users do not often visit addresses such as cpa-optimizer[.]best intentionally - they are opened through installed potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), deceptive advertisements, and other dubious websites.

More examples of pages similar to cpa-optimizer[.]best are cncode[.]pw, destinynewyorks[.]co, and very-important[.]online.

What is SocialSearchConverter?

SocialSearchConvertern is a browser hijacker promoting the socialsearchconverter.com bogus search engine. This piece of software promotes its fake search engine by making modifications to browser settings.

Additionally, most browser hijackers monitor users' browsing habits, and SocialSearchConvertern is likely to have these data tracking capabilities as well.

Due to the dubious tactics employed in browser hijacker proliferation, they are also classified as Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs).

What is Restore19?

Restore19 ransomware prevents victims from accessing their files by encryption and creates a ransom message (a text file named "HOW TO RECOVER ENCRYPTED FILES.TXT").

It also renames all encrypted files by replacing filenames with a string of random characters and the restore19@cock.li email address. For example, "1.jpg" is renamed to "2g000000001QgxMXggDC0FcKJtNaKjlH.restore19@cock.li", "2.jpg" to "2g000000002JloPEetIR9DgSRbleQpvX.restore19@cock.li", and so on.

Note that Restore19 belongs to the Amnesia ransomware family.

What is EliteStealer?

EliteStealer is malicious software that extracts and exfiltrates information and content from infected systems. This malware targets various data, thereby increasing the range of potential risks it poses.

Therefore, you are strongly advised to eliminate EliteStealer malware immediately upon detection.

What is Stay Web?

The Stay Web app supposedly provides various features, however, this browser hijacker promotes a fake search engine (tailsearch.com) by changing certain browser settings.

Stay Web can read browsing histories, however, it is likely that it will also read other data.

People often download and install browser hijackers onto browsers or computers inadvertently. Therefore, Stay Web and other apps of this type are classified as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

What is VPNrecommended?

VPNrecommended is suspicious software, endorsed as a Virtual Private Network (VPN) tool. Since most users download/install this app inadvertently, it is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA).

While VPNrecommended may seem to be a legitimate tool, it is bundled with adware and/or browser hijackers. Therefore, with VPNrecommended infiltrated into systems, users might encounter misleading/malicious advertisements and redirects to similarly dangerous sites.

Additionally, adware-type apps and browser hijackers are a serious privacy concern, as they typically have data tracking capabilities.