Generally, scammers behind technical support scams such as this attempt to trick users into believing that their computers are infected, errors exist, etc. They urge users to call the provided number and then pay for unnecessary services and software. In some cases, scammers behind these pages att
Geneve is the name of a ransomware-type malicious program. Systems infected with this malware experience data encryption and users receive ransom demands for decryption tools/software. When Geneve encrypts, it appends all affected files with a random extension. For example, a file originally name
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PracticalSystem is classified as adware and a browser hijacker: this app serves advertisements and promotes fake search engines (0yrvtrh.com and search.dominantmethod.com) by changing certain browser settings. PracticalSystem can also read sensitive information from websites. It is categorized
Fresh ransomware encrypts files, renames them, displays a pop-up window with instructions about how to contact the developers, and creates the "FILES ENCRYPTED.txt" file (another ransom message). It renames files by adding the victim's ID, freshkart@420blaze.it email address, and appending the ".f
VirtualCharacterSearch is a potentially unwanted application (PUA) which functions not only as adware but also as a browser hijacker. Therefore, it serves advertisements and changes certain browser settings to promote the address of a fake search engine. It might also be designed to gather brow
ytdownload[.]net is an untrusted website offering YouTube video conversion to MP3 and MP4 file download services. This site infringes copyright laws and uses rogue advertising networks. Therefore, when ytdownload[.]net is visited and/or used, it causes redirects to various dubious and even malicio
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BubblePDF promotes fake search engine addresses (hp.bubblepdf.com and find.bubblepdf.com) by changing certain browser settings. It can also access data on the system. Generally, users do not download or install browser hijackers intentionally and, for this reason, apps such as BubblePDF are classi