buffstream[.]stream is advertised as the best online sports streaming portal, however, this website uses rogue advertising networks. Therefore, people who use its services are redirected to various untrustworthy, potentially malicious websites. Many websites operate in this way including, for exa
notify-system[.]com is virtually identical to many other untrusted web pages including, for example, mediasvideo[.]live, notification-list[.]com, and system-sms[.]com. Generally, these rogue sites redirect people to other untrustworthy websites or display dubious content. They are often opened by
M3g4c0rtx is a new, significantly updated variant of MegaCortex ransomware. This variation was discovered by MalwareHunterTeam. It operates by encrypting victims' data, changing their Windows log-in passwords, and demanding ransom payments. During the encryption process, all affected files are ap
mybuzz[.]fun is a rogue website that leads visitors to other untrustworthy web pages or provides dubious content. It is one of many other web pages of this kind that include, for example, mediasvideo[.]live, notification-list[.]com, and system-sms[.]com. Browsers generally open these web pages du
Trksmm is a group of deceptive websites designed by scammers who seek to trick people into downloading and installing dubious apps. At the time of the research, one Trksmm web page was used to advertise the Smart Mac Booster application by encouraging visitors to remove a detected virus with it.
"Your Mac/iOS may be infected with 5 viruses!" is a pop-up window displayed by deceptive/scam websites. It employs scare tactics to encourage visitors into taking certain actions, which result in them being redirected to various untrustworthy and malicious sites. The pop-up alerts users of viru
Ransomware is software that encrypts files and prevents victims from accessing them unless they pay ransoms to cyber criminals. GodLock is one of these malicious programs and was discovered by GrujaRS. It changes the extension of each encrypted file to ".GodLock". For example, "1.jpg" becomes "1.
Discovered by GrujaRS, Forv is malicious software belonging to the Paradise ransomware family. The program is designed to encrypt data and demand ransom payments for decryption. During Forv encryption, all files are appended with the "_forv_{victim's ID}.for" extension (the identification code is
apple.com-mac-optimization[.]live is designed to trick visitors into downloading and installing a dubious application called Cleanup My Mac. This app supposedly removes a virus that this web page has detected on the visitor's Mac. Websites such as apple.com-mac-optimization[.]live should never
Nothsws is a family of scam websites, which are designed to promote dubious software. They operate by warning users of a supposed 'threat' detected on their devices and recommending Smart Mac Booster for its removal. No web page can find threats/issues on systems. Therefore, the problems they c