Discovered by malware researcher S!Ri, Horsedeal is a malicious program classified as ransomware. Systems infected with Horsedeal suffer data encryption and ransom demands are then issued for recovery of files. During encryption, all affected files are appended with the ".horsedeal" extension. Fo
QuickBooks is legitimate accounting software developed by Intuit, however, this company has nothing to do with this email/spam campaign. Scammers commonly disguise their emails as messages from legitimate or well-known companies, using their names and the names of associated products, services, an
ReachChoice supposedly improves the browsing experience, however, this app is categorized as adware. Therefore, users are served with various intrusive advertisements. Apps such as ReachChoice are also categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), since people tend to download and in
Maps & Driving Directions supposedly provides quick access to various maps, however, this app promotes search.mapsanddrivingdirectionstab.com (a fake search engine) by changing browser settings. Apps of this type are browser hijackers, since most change settings and gather browsing data. Brow
iWebPlayer software is supposedly capable of playing various video files. It is mainly promoted via deceptive scam/deceptive websites (e.g. bundled into fake Flash Player updaters). Due to these dubious proliferation methods, iWebPlayer is classed as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA). No
mychromesearch.com is a fake search engine. It has a legitimate appearance and is similar to many genuine search engines. Note that mychromesearch.com even contains a Google logo, however, it has nothing to do with this company. Bogus search engines are generally promoted by an associated Potenti
managervanilla[.]pw is a deceptive website that offers to update Adobe Flash Player. In fact, it downloads the installer of a potentially unwanted application (PUA) called MediaDownloader. Typically, websites such as managervanilla[.]pw have no legal association with Adobe Flash Player and are
lifeimpressions[.]net is a rogue website similar to lodder1.biz, skolk.pro, hitnews.biz, worldmylife.info and many others. It presents visitors with dubious content and generates redirects to other untrustworthy, or even malicious pages. Most users access lifeimpressions[.]net inadvertently - the
startnewestmostprogram[.]icu is scam website, which promotes a fake Flash Player updater. Visitors to this site are indirectly informed that their Flash software is outdated. These bogus updaters are used to proliferate a variety of untrustworthy and malicious content. For example, they spread
Search Plus (also known as Get Search Plus) is a rogue application, which is advertised as a tool designed to improve the browsing experience by supposedly allowing users to manage their web searches. In fact, it operates as a browser hijacker and modifies browsers to promote search.hsearchplus.co