ProSportSearch is a potentially unwanted application (PUA) that hijacks a browser by changing some of its settings to prosportsearch.com - it promotes a fake search engine. Browser hijackers can collect information about their users. They are often promoted using questionable methods. ProS
Footer Quotes is a rogue browser extension promoted as a tool capable of providing various quotes at the bottom of Google search pages. However, Footer Quotes is classified as adware due to delivering intrusive advertisement campaigns. Since users typically download/install adware-type products un
Artemis (999) encrypts files, appends the victim's ID, restoredisscus@gmail.com email address and ".999" extension to filenames, and creates the "ReadMe-[victim's_ID].txt" file (a ransom note). It renames "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.id[C279F237].[restoredisscus@gmail.com].999", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.id[C279F237
Sharing similarties with typiccor.com, positive-news.org, watch-this-leaked.video, and thousands of others, totaltopposts[.]com is a rogue site. It operates by loading dubious content and/or redirecting visitors to various (likely unreliable or malicious) webpages. Rogue pages are typically access
Fewmonthst[.]space uses a clickbait technique to trick visitors into giving it permission to show notifications and promotes potentially malicious pages. Fewmonthst[.]space is more or less similar to news-keheza[.]cc, ourhypewords[.]com, digitalcaptcha[.]top, and a great deal of other sites.
"I am a programmer and hacked your computer 3 months ago Email Scam" refers to a spam campaign. These letters use the sextortion scam model - they claim that a sexually explicit video featuring the recipient will be publicized unless a ransom is paid. It must be emphasized that all of the claims m
Notwanna is part of the Xorist family. It blocks access to files by encrypting them and appends the ".Notwanna" extension to filenames. For instance, it renames "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.Notwanna", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.Notwanna". Notwanna changes the desktop wallpaper, creates the "КАК РАСШИФРОВАТЬ ФАЙЛЫ.txt
PDFConverterSearchNet is a rogue browser extension designed to hijack browsers and promote the pdfconvertersearchnet.com fake search engine. Furthermore, due to the questionable methods used to distribute browser hijackers, they are also categorized as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).
Umbrella Security is a ransomware-type program. It is designed to encrypt data (render files inaccessible) and demand payment for the decryption. During the encryption process, files are appended with a ".aes" extension. For example, a file named "1.jpg" would appear as "1.jpg.aes", "2.jpg" as "2.
BlackURLDefender is advertised as an extension that checks the visited websites in its blacklist and prevents users from opening them. However, BlackURLDefender is classified as adware - it displays advertisements. Also, it can read and change data on the pages that users visit. BlackURLDe