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What is Banco Millennium BCP email scam?
In most cases, scammers/cyber criminals behind phishing emails such as this one attempt to trick recipients into providing their login credentials, credit card details, and other sensitive information. They usually disguise their emails as official, important messages from legitimate companies.
This particular phishing email is disguised as a message from Portuguese Commercial Bank. Therefore, scammers behind it target people who use services of this particular bank.
What is AuraSearch?
AuraSearch is classified as adware because it generates online advertisements. It also functions as a browser hijacker, modifying browser settings without users' permission. It is likely that AuraSearch also collects browsing-related and other data.
Apps like AuraSearch are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), since users often download and install them inadvertently. This particular app is distributed via a fake Adobe Flash Player installer.
What is Lockedfile?
Lockedfile belongs to the Xorist ransomware family and is designed to encrypt files, modify their filenames, display a pop-up window, and create the "HOW TO DECRYPT FILES.txt" file (ransom message) in folders that contain encrypted files.
Lockedfile renames files by appending the ".lockedfile" extension to filenames. For example, "1.jpg" is renamed to "1.jpg.lockedfile", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.lockedfile", and so on.
What is FlashPVideo?
The installer for FlashPVideo is disguised as the installer for Adobe Flash Player and is available for download on a deceptive website. Typically, users do not download or install these apps intentionally and, therefore, FlashPVideo is categorized as a potentially unwanted application (PUA).
Note that the installer for FlashPVideo could also be used to distribute a browser hijacker and/or an adware-type app.
What is AweCleaner?
AweCleaner is advertised as an all-in-one cleaner that cleans, optimizes, and improves Mac computer performance. Due to dubious methods used to proliferate this app, AweCleaner it is categorized as potentially unwanted application (PUA).
Typically, users do not download or install PUAs intentionally.
What is Flubo?
This ransomware belongs to the Xorist family. Flubo encrypts files (and modifies their filenames), changes the desktop wallpaper, displays a pop-up window, and creates the "HOW TO DECRYPT FILES.txt" text file in folders that contain encrypted files.
It renames files by appending the ".flubo" extension. For example, "1.jpg" would be renamed to "1.jpg.flubo", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.flubo", and so on.
What is FPVideo?
The FPVideo app can be classified as a potentially unwanted application (PUA) because it is promoted via a deceptive website and distributed via a fake Adobe Flash Player installer (users typically do not download or install these apps intentionally).
Like many other installers, the installer for FPVideo might be used to distribute other PUAs such as adware-type apps, browser hijackers.
What is PDFSearchApps?
PDFSearchApps is classified a browser hijacker because it changes certain browser settings without permission (in this case, settings are changed to pdfsearchapps.com). It is likely that PDFSearchApps also gathers browsing data and other details.
Typically, users download and install apps such as PDFSearchApps/browser hijackers inadvertently and, for this reason, they are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).
What is Mijnal?
Mijnal is designed to encrypt and rename victims' files by appending the ".mijnal" extension to filenames. For example, "1.jpg" is renamed to "1.jpg.mijnal", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.mijnal", and so on.
It is also designed to create a text file named "README_LOCK.TXT" (ransom message) and an HTML file named "OpenTheTorBrouser.html". The HTML file is designed to simply redirect users to a Tor website.
What is RansomeToad?
This ransomware was discovered by xiaopao. RansomeToad encrypts files and appends its extension to the filename of each encrypted file. It also displays a ransom message in a pop-up window with instructions about how to access a payment website.
RansomeToad renames files by appending the ".rtcrypted" extension. For example, "1.jpg" is renamed to "1.jpg.rtcrypted", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.rtcrypted", and so on.
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