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What is Jam Box Search?

Jam Box Search reassigns certain browser settings to feed.jamboxlive.com (the address of a fake search engine). Commonly, browser hijackers are designed to promote fake search engines and collect data relating to users' browsing habits. People often download and install these apps inadvertently and, therefore, they are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

What is Bad ransomware?

Discovered by Jakub Kroustek, Bad ransomware is a part of the Dharma ransomware family. Like most programs of this type, Bad encrypts files, modifies their filenames, and provides victims with instructions about how to contact the developers.

It renames all encrypted files by adding the victim's ID, ucos2@elude.in email address, and appending the ".bad" extension to filenames. Instructions about how to contact the cyber criminals behind Bad are provided in a pop-up window and the "FILES ENCRYPTED.txt" text file.

What is driveandparkgame[.]com?

driveandparkgame[.]com is a deceptive website running various scams. At the time of research, it promoted a scheme claiming that visitors' devices have been seriously damaged by multiple viruses. Typically, these sites promote untrusted or malicious software, however, they can abuse users' trust in other ways as well.

Few visitors access driveandparkgame[.]com or similar web pages intentionally - most are redirected to them by intrusive ads or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs).

What is Login Assistant?

Login Assistant is a browser hijacker which assigns certain browser settings to hp.hloginassistant.co. This app is also likely to gather information, especially browsing-related data. Users often download and install browser hijackers unintentionally and, for this reason, they are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

Login Assistant is distributed with another PUA called Hide My History.

What is My Recipes Finder?

My Recipes Finder is a rogue application advertised as a tool for easy access to various culinary recipes. It is categorized as a browser hijacker, due to the modifications it makes to browser settings to promote hmyrecipesfinder.co (a fake search engine). Furthermore, this app also monitors and collects browsing-related information.

Since most users download/install My Recipes Finder unintentionally, it is also classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA). Note that hmyrecipesfinder.co is often distributed together with another PUA called Hide My History.

What is SearchStudio?

SearchStudio is classified as adware and a browser hijacker: it displays advertisements and promotes the address of a fake search engine by modifying browser settings. In most cases, users download and install apps of this type inadvertently and, for this reason, they are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

Research shows that many users install SearchStudio through a deceptive Adobe Flash Player installer. Note that adware-type apps and browser hijackers often track and record browsing related (and other) data.

What is sombes[.]com?

sombes[.]com is a rogue website sharing many common traits with cooperativasantamargherita.com, click-to-win-prize.com, sabs-news.info and countless others. This web page presents visitors with dubious content and/or redirects them to other untrusted/malicious websites.

Few users access sombes[.]com or similar sites intentionally - most are redirected to them by intrusive advertisements and/or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs).

What is My Coupons Online?

My Coupons Online is a dubious application classified as a browser hijacker. It is endorsed as a tool for quick access to various coupons and discounts. My Coupons Online operates by making alterations to browser settings to promote hmyonlinecoupons.com (a bogus search engine).

This app also monitors users' browsing activity. Due to the dubious techniques used to spread My Coupons Online, it is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA). Note that My Coupons Online is often proliferated together with another PUA called Hide My History.

What is PDFSearches?

PDFSearches is rogue software classified as a browser hijacker. Following successful installation, it modifies browser settings to promote a fake search engine (pdf-searches.com). This browser hijacker also has data tracking capabilities, which are employed to monitor users' browsing activity.

Due to the dubious methods, used to proliferate PDFSearches, it is also classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA).

What is the "Suspicious sign-in attempt prevented" email?

"Suspicious sign-in attempt prevented" is the subject/title of scam emails designed to promote various untrusted and potentially malicious websites. The messages claim that recent log-in attempts to users' email accounts have been stopped, since the password provided was inaccurate.

Users are asked to investigate this activity, however, rather than accessing information concerning the supposed sign-in attempts, they are redirected to a dubious web page. At the time of research, one of the sites promoted by "Suspicious sign-in attempt prevented" emails was oawhaursaith.com.