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Pushnews.online POP-UP Ads
Notification Spam

Pushnews.online POP-UP Ads

Virtually identical to watch-this[.]live, enheprenropher[.]info, havenotifyfriends[.]info, and many others, pushnews[.]online is a rogue website that redirects visitors to other untrustworthy, deceptive sites. Generally, this page is visited by users inadvertently - they are redirected to it by po

Searchprivacyplus.com Redirect
Browser Hijacker

Searchprivacyplus.com Redirect

searchprivacyplus.com is a fake search engine that is promoted as a web surfing tool designed to deliver an enhanced browsing experience (faster searches, more accurate results, and so on). Developers promote this site using a browser hijacker, a potentially unwanted application (PUA) called Flash

Mega Media Start Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

Mega Media Start Browser Hijacker

Mega Media Start is a browser app that supposedly allows users to access movies and popular websites directly from their browsers. Note, however, that this app is often installed on browsers unintentionally. Therefore, Mega Media Start is categorized as a potentially unwanted app (PUA), a browser

Txtnews.online POP-UP Ads
Notification Spam

Txtnews.online POP-UP Ads

When opened, txtnews[.]online causes redirects to other untrustworthy websites. Therefore, it  is categorized as a rogue website. Many sites of this type are available on the internet, including, for example, watch-this[.]live, enheprenropher[.]info, and havenotifyfriends[.]info. Typically, poten

WinThruster Unwanted Application
Potentially unwanted application

WinThruster Unwanted Application

WinThruster is presented as a program that fixes issues by making other programs load faster and optimizing computers in one click. WinThruster's developers promote it by 'bundling' this program into other software set-ups. This increases the possibility that most people will download and install

DriverAgent Unwanted Application
Potentially unwanted application

DriverAgent Unwanted Application

DriverAgent is presented as a driver update application. According to developers, it contains a huge database of drivers for Windows 10, 8.1, 8, and 7. This may seem to be a useful tool, however, it is promoted using the "bundling" method, and thus most people install it unintentionally. For this

Hofos Ransomware
Ransomware

Hofos Ransomware

First discovered by Michael Gillespie, Hofos is yet another variant of high-risk ransomware called Djvu. After initial infiltration, Hofos encrypts most stored files and appends filenames with the ".hofos" extension (e.g., "sample.jpg" becomes "sample.jpg.hofos"). Encrypted data immediately becom

Search.hearthandsatellitemaps.com Redirect
Browser Hijacker

Search.hearthandsatellitemaps.com Redirect

search.hearthandsatellitemaps.com is a fake search engine that supposedly provides faster searches, more accurate results, and so on. In fact, it is promoted using a browser hijacker, a potentially unwanted application (PUA) called Earth And Satellite Maps. Like most apps of this type, it modifies

WannaOof Ransomware
Ransomware

WannaOof Ransomware

Discovered by MalwareHunterTeam, WannaOof is a ransomware-type program that is designed to encrypt files stored on the victim's computer. Unlike most programs of this type, however, it is simply prank ransomware and developers demand no ransom payments. When a computer is infected with WannaOof,

Kovter Trojan
Trojan

Kovter Trojan

Kovter (also known as Trojan.Kovter, Trojan:Win32/Kovter, and Trojan.Kovter.297) is an adware-type trojan designed to generate traffic for various websites. Research shows that Kovter is typically proliferated using malicious Microsoft Office attachments (which are distributed using spam email cam