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What is "Maersk Email Virus"?

"Maersk Email Virus" is categorized as a spam campaign and a scam. Like most spam campaigns of this type, cyber criminals (scammers) use it to infect people's computers. To achieve this, they attach a malicious file (or include a website link leading to it) and hope that someone will open it.

In this case, "Maersk Email Virus" is used to distribute a malicious program called Pony. This spam (email) campaign is a typical scam that should not be trusted. More importantly, the included website link should not be opened.

What is search.margamish.com?

search.margamish.com is a fake search engine that is promoted as 'useful' and supposedly provides various features (enhanced browsing experience, faster searchers, more accurate search results, and so on). This may seem to be a legitimate search engine, however, it is promoted using a browser hijacker, a potentially unwanted application (PUA) called Margamish.

It is distributed using the installer of another program (PDF King app). This method is called "bundling". Do not trust apps promoted using this method. Once installed, Margamish changes browser settings and continuously gathers information relating to users' browsing activity.

What is Tefosteal?

Tefosteal, as its name suggests, is a malicious program that tracks and steals information. It targets data such as cookies and various other credentials from browsers, data from Discord chats, information about basic service set identifiers (BSSIDs), and other system information. It is also capable of taking screenshots.

Having a program of this type installed on your system might cause serious problems and should thus be uninstalled immediately.

What kind of malware is Belonard?

Belonard is a trojan-type virus that targets Counter Strike 1.6 players. This malware infiltrates computers by exploiting remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in the game client. After successful infiltration, Belonard modifies the game client to promote various servers, delivers ads, and so on.

What kind of malware is CrimsonRAT?

CrimsonRAT is remote access tool (RAT) developed using the Java programming language. Note that CrimsonRAT is categorized as malware and is not a legitimate application. Cyber criminals use this RAT to control infiltrated computers and perform various malicious tasks.

Criminals proliferate CrimsonRAT using spam email campaigns that contain malicious Microsoft Office documents. You can read more about this distribution method in this article.

What is movix.eanswers.com?

Developers promote bestMovies Now as a useful app that provides a movie-oriented search engine and a "To Do List". In fact, the search engine that it promotes (movix.eanswers.com) is fake. Furthermore, bestMovies Now is a potentially unwanted application (PUA), a browser hijacker, since most people download and install it unintentionally.

Once installed, bestMovies Now modifies browser settings and, together with its associated fake search engine, records information relating to users' browsing habits.

What is "apple.com-macos-fast-systems.live"?

The apple.com-macos-fast-systems.live website cannot be trusted. It is very similar to other websites of this type including apple.com-speed-macos.live, apple.com-clean-os.live, and apple.com-cleaning-os.live. 

The main purpose of this deceptive website is to trick visitors into downloading a potentially unwanted application (PUA) by displaying a fake virus alert/notification. Typically, people do not visit this website (or other similar websites) intentionally - they are redirected to it by other PUAs that are already installed on the browser (or operating system).

PUAs open untrustworthy websites, feed unsuspecting users with intrusive ads, and collect information relating to browsing habits.

What is eanswers.com?

New Browse is a browser app that, according to its developers, makes everyday browsing easier, faster, and enjoyable. It offers faster searches, accurate search results, and some additional features.

This may seem to be a legitimate app, however, it is categorized as a potentially unwanted application (PUA), since New Browse is often downloaded and installed unintentionally. It also gathers user-system information, modifies browser settings, and promotes eanswers.com (a fake search engine).

What is "This account was recently infected"?

Scammers distribute "This account was recently infected" scam emails to many people hoping that someone will be tricked. The main purpose is to blackmail people by making claims about having recorded a compromising video that they will proliferate unless they receive the requested payment (in a cryptocurrency).

There are many scams of this type, however, this one is somewhat different: rather than containing actual text, it uses an image displaying text. This method is used to bypass spam filters.

What is Kroput?

Discovered by Michael Gillespie, Kroput is a ransomware-type virus that belongs to the Djvu malware family. Kroput is designed to stealthily infiltrate computers and encrypt most stored files. During this procedure, Kroput adds the ".kroput" extension to the name of each encrypted file (e.g., "sample.jpg" is renamed to "sample.jpg.kroput").

Once data is encrypted, Kroput generates a text file ("_readme.txt") and places a copy in every existing folder. Other variants of this ransomware use the ".kroput1" and ".kropun" extensions for encrypted files.