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IRS Email Virus
Phishing/Scam

IRS Email Virus

Scammers (cyber criminals) use the "IRS Email Virus" spam email campaign to spread Emotet, a high-risk computer infection. This is malicious software used to record personal data and even distribute other infections. Spam campaigns such as "IRS Email Virus" usually contain an infected attachment

Dablio Ransomware
Ransomware

Dablio Ransomware

Dablio is a ransomware-type computer virus discovered by Karsten Hahn. Its purpose is to encrypt files (rendering them unusable) and make ransom demands for their release. Each encrypted file is renamed by adding "(encrypted)" to the filename. For example, "1.jpg" becomes "(encrypted) 1.jpg", and

Search.hogwarin.com Redirect (Mac)
Mac Virus

Search.hogwarin.com Redirect (Mac)

search.hogwarin.com is one of many fake search engines that supposedly provide more accurate results and an improved overall browsing experience. Judging on appearance, this may seem to be a legitimate search engine, similar to Google, Yahoo, and other well-known sites, however, search.hogwarin

FilesLocker v2.0 Ransomware
Ransomware

FilesLocker v2.0 Ransomware

FilesLocker v2.0 (also known as FilesLocker RANSOMWARE v2.0) is a computer infection designed to render data unusable by encryption. Discovered by MalwareHunterTeam, this ransomware-type virus is a new (updated) version of FilesLocker. Once files are encrypted, they are renamed by adding the ".[fi

GandCrab 5.0.9 Ransomware
Ransomware

GandCrab 5.0.9 Ransomware

Discovered by Marcelo Rivero, GandCrab 5.0.9 is a variant of a high-risk ransomware-type infection called GandCrab. Like most viruses of this type, it is designed to encrypt data, rendering affected files unusable. It renames each encrypted file by appending the victim's ID to the file extension (

Correspondence Email Virus
Phishing/Scam

Correspondence Email Virus

"Correspondence Email Virus" is a spam email campaign that cyber criminals (scammers) use to distribute a high-risk virus called LokiBot (a computer infection that steals data). In this case, scammers proliferate the virus by sending a banking-related email message that contains a malicious attach

Defpush.com POP-UP Redirect
Adware

Defpush.com POP-UP Redirect

The internet is full of untrustworthy, rogue websites. An example is defpush.com, which is very similar to many other websites of this type such as sociatemethio.club, special-promotion.online, and nuclearlytu.info. People do not generally visit websites such as defpush.com intentionally - they a

Search-me.club Redirect (Mac)
Mac Virus

Search-me.club Redirect (Mac)

Many fake search engines are promoted to make them seem legitimate. For example, developers present search-me.club as a useful search engine that offers an enhanced browsing experience, however, it is promoted using rogue download/installation set-ups that modify browser settings. Furthermore, s

Mysearchency.com Redirect (Mac)
Mac Virus

Mysearchency.com Redirect (Mac)

mysearchency.com is one of many fake search engines (virtually identical to weknow.ac, search.porterice.com, and nextoptim.com) promoted as a search engine that provides users with an enhanced browsing experience, accurate results, and so on. As with most fake search engines, however, this site

Programmer Known In Darkweb Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Programmer Known In Darkweb Email Scam

"Programmer known in darkweb" is a spam email campaign that scammers use to trick people into believing that their computers have been infiltrated with a virus that has allowed cyber criminals to monitor their activities. Generally, scammers behind these emails claim that they have obtained compr