Belonging to the Dharma ransomware family, Qbtex is high-risk ransomware discovered by Jakub Kroustek. As with most ransomware infections, Qbtex infiltrates the system and encrypts most stored files. In doing so, this malware appends filenames with the ".qbtex" extension as well as the victim's u
Discovered by Michael Gillespie, Codnat is a malicious program which belongs to the Djvu ransomware family. Cyber criminals who designed Codnat use it to encrypt files stored on infected computers and prevent victims from accessing them. This ransomware adds the ".codnat" extension to each encrypt
Pirate Chick VPN is a malicious application that claims to be legitimate software that provides a VPN service. Pirate Chick VPN is free for anyone to download on its official website, however, developers also proliferate it using a deceptive marketing method called "bundling". The purpose of Pirat
Free Streamz is a browser app that supposedly allows users to listen to thousands of free live radio stations directly from their browsers. This may seem to be a useful tool to listen to music, however, this app is also classified as a browser hijacker, a potentially unwanted app (PUA). Developer
There are many rogue websites similar to paymentnotifyfriends[.]info including, for example, pushmobilenews[.]com, renropsitto[.]info, and ticeroftertal[.]info. When visited, these websites redirect people to other dubious sites or display dubious content. They are often opened by potentially unw
dailymailtab.com is the address of a fake (and thus, useless) search engine. Developers promote it through a potentially unwanted application (PUA), a browser hijacker called Daily Mail Tab. This app promotes dailymailtab.com by changing browser settings and collects user-information. We advise ag
The Fast Weather App browser app supposedly allows users to search for weather forecasts directly from the homepage/new tab page. Do not use this app, since it is categorized as a potentially unwanted application (PUA), a browser hijacker. People tend to download and install it unintentionally. F
First discovered by malware security researcher Michael Gillespie, KBK is yet another ransomware infection belonging to the GlobeImposter family. This ransomware is designed to infiltrate the system and encrypt stored data, thereby making it unusable. During encryption, KBK renames each file by a
"Your apple id has been disabled!" is the name of a tech-support scam used to steal users' Apple ID accounts. Scammers promote this scam through a deceptive, unofficial website disguised as a legitimate Apple web page. Typically, visitors do not open this site intentionally - they are forced to
Mac.BackDoor.Siggen.20 is the name of a malicious program that operates as a 'backdoor', allowing download and execution of malicious code from a remote server. This malware can be installed on MacOS and Windows Operating Systems. The Malware that infects Windows is called BackDoor.Wirenet.517.