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View Online Recipes Browser Hijacker

What is View Online Recipes?

View Online Recipes is endorsed as a tool for easy access to various popular food recipe websites. This application is categorized as a browser hijacker, as it makes modifications to browser settings to promote search.viewonlinerecipestab.com (a fake search engine).

Furthermore, View Online Recipes has data tracking capabilities, which are employed to monitor users' browsing activities. It is also classified as a potentially unwanted application (PUA) due to the dubious methods by which it is proliferated. View Online Recipes is often distributed together with another PUA called Hide My Searches.

   
Btos Ransomware

What kind of malware is Btos?

Btos is a malicious program belonging to the Stop/Djvu ransomware family. This malware is designed to encrypt the data of infected systems so that ransom demands can be made for the appropriate decryption tools/software. During encryption, all affected files are appended with the ".btos" extension.

For example, a file originally named "1.jpg" would appear as "1.jpg.btos" following encryption. Once this process has finished, Btos ransomware drops a text file ("_readme.txt") into every compromised folder.

   
Your Templates Online Now Browser Hijacker

What is Your Templates Online Now?

Your Templates Online Now is a browser hijacker which promotes search.yourtemplatesonlinenowtab.com (the address of a fake search engine) by changing certain browser settings.

Apps of this type are classified as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), since people tend to download and/or install them inadvertently. Browser hijackers can also gather various browsing-related information. This particular app is installed together with another PUA called Hide My Searches.

   
Watch TV Online Browser Hijacker

What is Watch TV Online?

Watch TV Online is a rogue app advertised as a tool for quick access to TV providers and streaming sites. It can supposedly also provide easy access to shopping and social media websites. Watch TV Online is classified as a browser hijacker, due to the modifications it makes to browsers to promote search.hwatch-tvonline.com (a fake search engine).

This application also monitors users' browsing activity. Few users install this app intentionally, and it is therefore classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA). Note that Watch TV Online is often distributed with Hide My Searches, another PUA.

   
Congratulations You Are Todays Winner Phishing Scam

What kind of scam is "Congratulations You Are Todays Winner"?

"Congratulations You Are Todays Winner" is the headline on the todayswinner[.]club phishing website. This web page claims that visitors have won one of several prizes that will supposedly be delivered after providing various information, including credit card details.

The main goal of this scam is to extort money and personal information from unsuspecting visitors. We strongly recommend that you ignore todayswinner[.]club. Note that there may be other similar or even identical websites on the internet.

   
Npsg Ransomware

What is npsg?

This malicious program is a part of the Djvu ransomware family and is designed to prevent victims from accessing their files by encryption.

The programs renames each encrypted file and creates a ransom message. Note that npsg renames all files by appending the .npsg" extension to filenames. For example, "1.jpg" becomes "1.jpg.npsg", and so on. It also creates a text file (containing the ransom message) named "_readme.txt".

   
Sports Streaming Now Browser Hijacker

What is Sports Streaming Now?

Sports Streaming Now is a rogue app, endorsed as a tool for easy access to sports news, results and other related content. It is categorized as a browser hijacker due to the modifications it makes to browsers to promote a fake search engine (search.sportsstreamingnowtab.com).

Furthermore, Sports Streaming Now can track browsing-related data. Since most users install this app inadvertently, it is also classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA). Sports Streaming Now is often distributed with another PUA called Hide My Searches.

   
Run Speed Check Browser Hijacker

What is Run Speed Check?

The Run Speed Check browser hijacker operates by modifying browser settings to promote feed.runspeedcheck.com, a fake search engine.

Furthermore, it has data tracking capabilities that are employed to monitor users' browsing activity. Due to the dubious methods used to distribute Run Speed Check (most users install it unintentionally), it is also classed as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA).

   
Newscoder7.com Ads

What is newscoder7[.]com?

newscoder7[.]com is virtually identical to many other rogue websites including, for example, restonovius[.]com, quarenafius[.]com and requestfor4[.]com. When opened, these sites load dubious content or redirect visitors to a number of other untrusted websites.

In most cases, people arrive at websites of this type, since they are opened by potentially unwanted apps (PUAs) installed on the browser and/or operating system. I.e., people do not often visit pages such as newscoder7[.]com intentionally. Furthermore, most PUAs cause redirects to dubious web pages, display intrusive ads, and gather browsing-related information.

   
Restonovius.com Ads

What is restonovius[.]com?

restonovius[.]com is a rogue website designed to present visitors with dubious content and/or redirect them to other untrusted or malicious web pages. It shares many similar qualities with quarenafius.comrequestfor4.combelmonhezamil.proyounwild.com and thousands of other sites.

Few users visit these web pages intentionally - most are redirected to them by intrusive ads or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs) already infiltrated into devices. PUAs cause redirects, deliver intrusive ads and gather browsing-related information.

   

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