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What is alltopnewz[.]com?
When visited, alltopnewz[.]com opens bogus websites or loads dubious content. There are many websites similar to alltopnewz[.]com online. Some examples are check-message[.]live, arisedsore[.]info and legionship[.]club. Few users visit these rogue sites intentionally - they are opened by browsers with potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) installed on them.
What is click-on-this[.]news site?
click-on-this[.]news is an untrusted website sharing common traits with check-message.live, arisedsore.info, legionship.club and thousands of others. When visited, the page presents users with dubious material and/or redirects them to other rogue or possibly malicious sites.
In most cases, visitors to click-on-this[.]news access it unintentionally - they are redirected to it by intrusive advertisements or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs) already installed on their devices. This software does not need express user permission to be infiltrated into systems.
PUAs cause redirects, run intrusive ad campaigns and collect browsing-related information.
What is Clhmotjdxp?
Clhmotjdxp belongs to the ransomware family called Snatch. This ransomware encrypts files, modifies their filenames by appending its extension, and creates the "HOW TO RESTORE YOUR FILES.TXT" text file (ransom message) in folders containing encrypted files.
Clhmotjdxp renames files by appending ".clhmotjdxp" to filenames. For example, "1.jpg" is renamed to "1.jpg.clhmotjdxp", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.clhmotjdxp", and so on.
What is MyConverterSearch?
MyConverterSearch is classified as a browser hijacker because it promotes a fake search engine (myconvertersearch.com) by changing certain browser settings. Furthermore, it collects browsing data. Note that browser hijackers are classified as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), since people mostly download and install them inadvertently.
What is ChangeParameter?
ChangeParameter is an adware-type application that possesses browser hijacker capabilities. It operates by running intrusive advertisement campaigns and making modifications to browser settings to promote fake search engines. ChangeParameter promotes z6airr.com on Safari browsers and search.locatorunit.com on Google Chrome.
Additionally, most adware-type apps and browser hijackers monitor users' browsing activity. Due to the dubious techniques used to proliferate ChangeParameter, it is also classified as a PUA (Potentially Unwanted Application). One of the methods used in ChangeParameter's distribution is via fake Adobe Flash Player updates.
Bogus software updaters/installers are employed to spread PUAs Trojans, ransomware, and other malware.
What is "Congratulations Dear Amazon Customer"?
This is a scam website disguised as an official Amazon page encouraging people to win various prizes by completing a survey. Amazon has nothing to do with this deceptive website and, therefore, it should not be trusted. Typically, scammers behind these sites attempt to trick people into providing information that could be misused to generate revenue in various ways.
These scam websites are opened by potentially unwanted apps (PUAs), which people unintentionally install on their browsers and/or operating systems.
What kind of application is Easy Finder?
Easy Finder is a typical browser hijacker that promotes a fake search engine (quicknewtab.com) by changing certain browser settings.
Commonly, browser hijackers also collect various data. Users tend to download and install browser hijackers inadvertently and, therefore, Easy Finder and other apps of this type are categorized as unwanted applications.
What is the "TROJAN Error Code 0xdc2dgewc" scam?
"TROJAN Error Code 0xdc2dgewc" is a technical support scam run on various deceptive websites. This scheme is presented as an alert from McAfee, a global computer security software company, however, the "TROJAN Error Code 0xdc2dgewc" scam is in no way associated with McAfee, LLC.
The scheme claims that users' devices are infected and urges them to call the provided number. No web page can scan visitors' systems, and hence any that claim to do so and/or detect threats/issues present, are scams. Trusting a tech support scam endangers device integrity and user safety.
Most people access deceptive web pages via mistyped URLs, redirects caused by intrusive advertisements or by Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs). This software does not need explicit user consent to be installed onto systems and, therefore, users may be unaware of its presence.
What is OurConverterSearch?
OurConverterSearch hijacks web browsers by changing certain settings to ourconvertersearch.com, the address of a fake search engine. It is very likely that it will also collect browsing-related information. Generally, users do not download or install browser hijackers intentionally and, therefore, they are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).
What is search.locatorunit.com?
search.locatorunit.com is the address of a fake search engine. These types of addresses appear in browser settings after installation of browser hijackers (or apps that function in this manner). In most cases, users download and install browser hijackers inadvertently and, for this reason, they are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).
Note that browser hijackers promote fake search engines and also collect data.
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