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Banks Ransomware
Ransomware

Banks Ransomware

Banks is a piece of malicious software, classified as ransomware. It is part of the Phobos ransomware family. Credit for discovering Banks belongs to GrujaRS. This malignant program encrypts files and keeps them on lockdown, unless the victim pays a ransom (i.e. purchases the decryption tool/softw

Apple.com-clean-mac.website POP-UP Scam (Mac)
Mac Virus

Apple.com-clean-mac.website POP-UP Scam (Mac)

apple.com-clean-mac[.]website is one of many deceptive websites that informs victims of viruses that they have supposedly detected on visitors' computers. The main goal of these sites is to trick people into installing a dubious app that will apparently remove the viruses. In this case, visitor

Indofuels Email Virus
Phishing/Scam

Indofuels Email Virus

Indofuels is a legitimate company, however, some cyber criminals use the name to make their scams seem official. In many cases, criminals use the names of legitimate companies to trick recipients into believing that they have received an official email. Neither Indofuels nor other legitimate comp

Download Forms Now Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

Download Forms Now Browser Hijacker

Download Forms Now is a browser hijacker, however, it is advertised as providing quick access to various forms and a search engine (search.easyformsnowtab.com). Most users install this application inadvertently, and thus it is categorized as a PUA (potentially unwanted application). This app work

News-jupiter.com Ads
Notification Spam

News-jupiter.com Ads

news-jupiter[.]com operates like many other untrustworthy websites of this type including videommm[.]pro, mediasvideo[.]world, and folmetor[.]com. Typically, these sites are opened by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) installed on browsers or computers, or through deceptive ads. In any cas

Karl Ransomware
Ransomware

Karl Ransomware

Discovered by Michael Gillespie and part of the Djvu ransomware family, this software encrypts data and creates a ransom message (within the "_readme.txt" text file), which contains instructions about how to pay a ransom. Typically, victims cannot decrypt their files without a decryption tool and

MacEnizer Unwanted Appliction (Mac)
Mac Virus

MacEnizer Unwanted Appliction (Mac)

MacEnizer is categorized as a potentially unwanted application (PUA), since developers promote it using dubious, deceptive methods. Most people download and install PUAs unintentionally, however, MacEnizer is advertised as a system optimizer, a tool that supposedly cleans and maintains Mac compu

Jeanson J. Ancheta Sextortion Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Jeanson J. Ancheta Sextortion Email Scam

Criminals send this email to many people hoping that some will fall for the scam and make payments. There are many scams of this type online. Typically, scammers claim that they have recorded a humiliating/compromising video and threaten to proliferate it unless their ransom demands are met on tim

You-Have-1-Message-About-Your-Device POP-UP Scam (Mac)
Mac Virus

You-Have-1-Message-About-Your-Device POP-UP Scam (Mac)

"you-have-1-message-about-your-device" is a phrase from the link of a deceptive website, which is used to trick people into believing that their devices are infected with viruses and then to download an app called VPN. This web page is disguised as an official Apple Security website. The scamme

CinematicFanatic Toolbar
Browser Hijacker

CinematicFanatic Toolbar

CinematicFanatic is a rogue application, developed by the Mindspark Interactive Network. It is endorsed as a tool for accessing free movies online, requiring no registration (though, it then rectifies this, by claiming that some services do need registration) and accompanied by a web searching too