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What is merritorsolin[.]club?

merritorsolin[.]club is a rogue site sharing many similarities with hesterinoc.info, magnetdl.com, overiesarticu.info and many others. Once accessed, it presents visitors with dubious content and/or redirects them to other untrusted or malicious web pages.

Few users enter merritorsolin[.]club or similar websites intentionally - most are redirected to them by intrusive ads or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs). These rogue apps do not need express user permission to be installed onto systems. PUAs cause redirects, run intrusive advertisement campaigns and track browsing-related data.

What is Get Speed Test Fast?

Get Speed Test Fast supposedly allows users to test their internet connection speeds, however, this app is a browser hijacker that promotes a fake search engine (search.hgetspeedtestfast.com) and collects various data. Typically, browser hijackers promote fake search engines by changing browser settings.

These apps are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), since users tend to download and install them inadvertently.

What is Get Easy Recipes?

As its name suggests, Get Easy Recipes supposedly provides quick access to recipe websites, however, this is a browser hijacker which promotes a fake search engine (search.geteasyrecipestab.com) by modifying browser settings. Typically, users download and install browser hijackers inadvertently.

Therefore, they are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

What is Cookie Muncher?

Cookie Muncher is a browser hijacker which assigns certain browser settings to cookiemuncher.org, the address of a fake search engine. As well as promoting fake search engines, these apps also collect browsing-related (and other) data.

Browser hijackers are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), since people often download and install them unintentionally.

What is YourFreeMaps?

YourFreeMaps is software classified as a browser hijacker. It is endorsed as a tool for easy access to various maps and routes.

YourFreeMaps modifies browsers and promotes yourfreemaps.com, a fake search engine. Additionally, this browser hijacker records browsing-related information. Since most users install YourFreeMaps unintentionally, it is also classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA).

What is SearchAholic?

SearchAholic is rogue software categorized as a browser hijacker. It operates by modifying browser settings and restricting/denying access to them to promote a fake search engine (search-aholic.com). Additionally, it has data tracking capabilities employed to monitor users' browsing activity.

Due to SearchAholic's dubious distribution techniques, is also classified as a potentially unwanted program (PUA).

What is MyGamesSearches?

MyGamesSearches is a browser hijacker, but advertised as a tool for easy access to various online games. It modifies browser settings and promotes gamsrch.com (a fake search engine). MyGamesSearches also monitors users' browsing habits. Since many people install this software unintentionally, it is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA).

What is HomeGuard?

HomeGuard is endorsed as software for parental control and activity monitoring. Some of its features include a pornography filter, website blocker, keylogging (i.e., recording of keystrokes), screen-capturing based on activity, gaming time restricting, hardware (e.g. printer and USB) monitoring and blocking, and so on.

Due to the dubious proliferation methods of HomeGuard, many users download and install it unintentionally. Therefore, it is classified as an unwanted application.

What is the "Attention 22 threats found" scam?

"Attention 22 threats found" is a technical support scam run on deceptive websites. It makes claims that "22 threats" have been detected on the users' devices to trick them into calling a fake tech support line. No web page can detect threats/issues present on a visitor's system.

Any that make such statements are scams. Therefore, you are expressly advised against trusting the "Attention 22 threats found" scheme. Typically, users access these deceptive web pages though redirects caused by intrusive ads or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs).

What is xHIlEgqxx?

Discovered by GrujaRS, xHIlEgqxx ransomware prevents victims from accessing and using their files by encryption with a strong encryption algorithm. It renames all encrypted files by appending the ".xHIlEgqxx" extension to filenames. For example, it would rename a file called "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.xHIlEgqxx", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.xHIlEgqxx", and so on.

This ransomware drops a ransom message (within a text file named "ReadMe.txt") in every folder that contains encrypted files.