"Tax Clearance Certificate Email Virus" is a spam email campaign that distributes a malicious attachment. As usual, victims receive a deceptive email encouraging them to open a document, however, unlike other similar campaigns, "Tax Clearance Certificate Email Virus" does not proliferate viruses -
search.fastsearch.me (also known as mc.fastsearch.me) is a fake search engine that supposedly enhances the browsing experience by generating improved results and providing quick access to popular websites. Judging on appearance alone, search.fastsearch.me may seem legitimate and useful, however
Quant Loader is a malware dropper that can be used to proliferate viruses. This trojan was released in September, 2016. Quant Loader's developer, MrRaiX (also known as DamRaiX), sells this trojan license for few hundred dollars on a Russian malware forum. Furthermore, this malware dropper is easy
JC Media Player is a deceptive application presented as a high quality audio/video player. Its appearance suggests that JC Media Player is legitimate and useful, but it is categorized as a potentially unwanted application (PUA) and adware, since developers proliferate it using intrusive advertis
Cosmos System Care is another dubious application presented as a high-quality system optimization/cleaning tool. Its appearance suggests that Cosmos System Care is a legitimate and useful application, however, it is likely to infiltrate systems without permission, since developers proliferate it
Developers present PC Cleaner as a great system optimization tool. Judging on appearance alone, this app may seem legitimate, however, developers proliferate it using the "bundling" method and it thus often infiltrates systems without permission. Therefore, PC Cleaner is categorized as a potential
Typically, users receive the "We Couldn't Activate Windows" fake error message when they visit an untrustworthy (deceptive) website. In most cases, users do not visit these websites willingly - potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) or clicked intrusive ads force redirects to them. Potentially
Elite Video Converter is a deceptive application that belongs to the InstallCore adware family. It is presented as a great tool that allows conversion of video file formats. This functionality may seem legitimate and useful, however, Elite Video Converter often infiltrates systems without permi
First discovered by avman, F1220@tuta.io is a high-risk ransomware-type virus, and a new variant of Scarab ransomware. F1220@tuta.io infiltrates systems and encrypts users' data, renaming files using random strings and adding new extensions that are also completely random. For example, a file nam
GameFunNetwork is promoted as a useful application that allows users to access thousands of free online games directly from the browser. The features offered may seem useful, but this app is known as an adware-type potentially unwanted application (PUA). These apps are usually installed without us