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System-protection-required.com POP-UP Scam (Mac)
Mac Virus

System-protection-required.com POP-UP Scam (Mac)

Typically, pages such as system-protection-required[.]com display fake notifications suggesting that a device may be not safe, or is already infected with viruses or other threats, and encourage visitors to download and install an application to supposedly remove the viruses, protect the device,

Dong Page Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

Dong Page Browser Hijacker

Dong page is a browser hijacker, promoting the keysearchs.com bogus search engine. Typically, software within this classification promotes various fake search engines by making modifications to browser settings, however, Dong page does not actually modify browsers in this way (see below). Additio

Zvideo-live.com Ads
Notification Spam

Zvideo-live.com Ads

Sharing many common traits with fastcaptchasolver.com, fypretailo.top, uploadhub.co, financeflick.com and countless others, zvideo-live[.]com is a rogue website. Visitors to these web pages are presented with dubious material and redirected to other bogus and malicious websites. Typically, users

Daddycrypt Ransomware
Ransomware

Daddycrypt Ransomware

Daddycrypt is malicious software categorized as ransomware. It is an updated variant of another ransomware program called RIP Lmao (JCrypt). It operates by encrypting data and demanding payment for decryption. I.e., this malware demands ransom payments to restore access to affected files. During

Zoho Email Virus
Phishing/Scam

Zoho Email Virus

Phishing emails attempt to trick recipients into infecting their computers with malware. They usually contain a malicious attachment or website link. Recipients install malware when they download and open the malicious attachment/file. Most phishing emails claim to be official, important messages

Fastcaptchasolver.com Ads
Notification Spam

Fastcaptchasolver.com Ads

fastcaptchasolver[.]com is a rogue site that shares similarities with uploadhub.co, financeflick.com, captchatopsource.com, and many others. When this website is visited, users are redirected to other untrusted/malicious pages and/or are presented with dubious content. Sites of this type are rare

Fypretailo.top Ads
Notification Spam

Fypretailo.top Ads

fypretailo[.]top is an untrusted website that users do not often visit intentionally. These sites are promoted via other bogus web pages, dubious advertisements, and potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). Typically, users do not download or install PUAs intentionally. These rogue apps display a

BestSearchConverter Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

BestSearchConverter Browser Hijacker

BestSearchConverter is rogue software classified as a browser hijacker. It operates by making modifications to browser settings to promote the bestsearchconverter.com fake search engine. Additionally, BestSearchConverter gathers browsing-related information. Since most users download/install brow

DarkWorld File Crypter Ransomware
Ransomware

DarkWorld File Crypter Ransomware

DarkWorld File Crypter is a type of malware that is designed to prevent victims from accessing their files by encryption. Files can only be decrypted by paying a ransom (not recommended). This particular ransomware renames encrypted files by appending the ".dark" extension. For example, "1.jpg" i

Erica Ransomware
Ransomware

Erica Ransomware

Discovered by Petrovic, Erica is data-encrypting ransomware. Systems infected with this malware have their files locked and renamed, and users receive ransom demands for decryption of files to regain access to their data. During the encryption process, affected files are appended with a random ch