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What is OnlineToolSearch?

OnlineToolSearch is classified as adware, however, it also functions as a browser hijacker: it feeds users with advertisements and promotes the address of a fake search engine by changing browser settings. OnlineToolSearch and similar apps collect information relating to users' browsing habits and other data.

This app is distributed via a fake/deceptive Adobe Flash Player installer and, therefore, it is likely that users who have OnlineToolSearch installed on their browsers and/or computers will have acquired it inadvertently. Apps downloaded and installed unintentionally in this manner are classified as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

What is Trafc Tab?

Trafc Tab is a browser hijacker. Software categorized as such typically operates by making modifications to browser settings to promote fake search engines, however, the behavior of Trafc Tab is decided by users' geolocations. I.e., this browser hijacker does not necessarily modify browser settings.

Trafc Tab promotes tailsearch.com, yet it uses different methods to promote this bogus web searcher. Furthermore, this browser hijacker collects browsing-related information. Due to the dubious methods used to proliferate Trafc Tab, it is also classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA).

What is Eleanor?

Eleanor is malware targeting Mac users. It allows cyber criminals to control infected computers remotely and perform various actions. Research shows that Eleanor is distributed via a deceptive installer associated with the EasyDoc Converter application.

Users who execute this installer allow it to install a fake converter with no useful functionality - it then downloads a malicious script for Eleanor. If there is any reason to believe that Eleanor is installed on your Mac, remove it immediately.

What is luckypushwinner[.]com?

luckypushwinner[.]com is one of many rogue websites designed to promote other such sites or load dubious content (tiktok-fun[.]com, allfreshposts[.]com and hipermovies[.]icu are other examples of similar rogue sites). Generally, users do not visit these web pages intentionally - they are opened by installed potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

These web pages are also promoted through deceptive advertisements and other untrusted sites.

What is BipApp?

The BipApp browser hijacker promotes a fake search engine (toksearches.xyz). Like most apps of this type, BipApp promotes a bogus site, however, in this case, the browser hijacker does not directly assign settings to toksearches.xyz (see below). Additionally, this app collects browsing-related information.

Users often download and install browser hijackers unintentionally and, therefore, BipApp and other apps of this type are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

What is KryptoCibule?

KryptoCibule is malware written in the C# programming language and capable of operating as a cryptocurrency miner, clipboard hijacker and file exfiltration tool. It uses victims' computer hardware (resources) to mine cryptocurrency, can replace wallet addresses in the system clipboard, and exfiltrate cryptocurrency-related files.

What is press-allow-browser2[.]com?

press-allow-browser2[.]com is a rogue website sharing many similarities with tiktok-fun.com, allfreshposts.com, hipermovies.icu and thousands of others. Once accessed, this site presents visitors with dubious content and/or redirects them to other untrusted or possibly malicious web pages.

Users rarely enter press-allow-browser2[.]com or similar sites intentionally - most are redirected to them by intrusive advertisements or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs). This software does not need express user permission to infiltrate their devices. PUAs cause redirects, run intrusive ad campaigns and collect browsing-related information.

What is Puppyness Search?

Puppyness Search is rogue software categorized as a browser hijacker. It is endorsed as a tool for easy access to domestic canine-related content, however, following successful installation, Puppyness Search makes alterations to browser settings to promote puppyness.club (a fake search engine).

Puppyness Search also monitors users' browsing activity and collects sensitive information extracted from it, which makes this browser hijacker a serious privacy concern. Due to the dubious techniques used to proliferate Puppyness Search, it is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA).

What is XAgentOSX RAT?

XAgentOSX is a Mac-specific malicious program, which is not to be confused with its Windows-targeting counterpart that was developed by an identical group. This malware is classified as a Remote Access Trojan (RAT). Trojans of this type allow remote access and control over an infected device.

They can have a wide variety of functionality, which enables likewise varied misuse of the compromised machine. XAgentOSX is classified as a piece of high-risk software, infections of which seriously endanger device and user safety.

What is NetWeirdRC?

NetWeirdRC is a Remote Access Trojan (RAT), which works on macOS X 10.6 (and later), Windows, Linux, and Solaris operating systems. Typically, cyber criminals attempt to trick users into installing RATs so that they can gain control over computers remotely and perform various actions (install other malware, steal sensitive information, files, etc.).

Commonly, RATs do not appear in the list of active programs and running processes, and therefore they can be installed on the computer for an extended period of time without being detected.