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What is Secure Color Search?

Secure Color Search is a browser extension that our research team found while inspecting dubious download pages. This extension allows users to select a color on a website and learn its HEX, RGB, and HSV codes. However, our analysis revealed that Secure Color Search operates as adware.

What kind of app is Drinker?

Drinker is the name of a rogue application that our researchers discovered while inspecting dubious download webpages. This app is endorsed as a tool allowing users to set notifications (reminders) of when to drink water. However, our analysis of Drinker revealed that it operates as advertising-supported software (adware).

What is BlissFresh?

While inspecting new submissions to VirusTotal, our researchers discovered the BlissFresh application. After analyzing this piece of software, we learned that it is adware belonging to the AdLoad malware family.

What is Themida?

Themida is a detection name used by some security software as a generic title for malicious software that has certain traits. To elaborate, this detection can be assigned to trojans that use the Themida packer as a protective measure against reverse engineering.

In other words, "Themida" does not refer to a specific malicious program. Furthermore, the term "trojan" is assigned to a broad range of malware that can have intrinsically different capabilities.

What kind of application is Pop Out Player?

Pop Out Player is described as an extension that provides simple ways to open any YouTube video or playlist in a configurable "popout" window that can be freely sized and positioned. Our team has tested this app and learned that it barely provides any value and generates annoying advertisements. Thus, we classified Pop Out Player as adware.

What kind of page is safetyremind[.]xyz?

Safetyremind[.]xyz is a deceptive website claiming that a computer is infected. It shows fake security warning from McAfee. It also asks for permission to show untrustworthy notifications. Our team has discovered safetyremind[.]xyz while inspecting websites that use rogue advertising networks.

What is Dark Web Hacker ransomware?

Dark Web Hacker is a malicious program based on the Chaos ransomware that our researchers discovered while inspecting new submissions to VirusTotal. Ransomware is designed to encrypt data and demand payment for the decryption.

We analyzed two variants of Dark Web Hacker; both encrypted files and appended their filenames with extensions consisting of four random characters. For example, a file initially named "1.jpg" appeared as "1.jpg.zpwg", "2.png" as "2.png.txd0", etc.

These variants changed the desktop wallpapers and created ransom notes (titled "read_it.txt") after completing the encryption process. The text presented on the wallpaper and in the ransom-demanding message differs between Dark Web Hacker's versions.

What kind of application is Fine Video Tuning?

Fine Video Tuning is described as an application that improves sleeping cycles by adjusting video temperature and many other properties. Our team has inspected this app and learned that it generates advertisements. Apps that display ads are known as advertising-supported applications/adware. It is not recommended to have adware installed on a browser or computer.

What kind of malware is Pymafka?

Pymafka is the name of malware targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux users. A Trojan version downloaded and executed by Pymafka depends on the operating system. Pymafka's name is similar to a legitimate Python package called pykafka.

Cybercriminals behind Pymafka are hoping that users looking for the pykafka package will mistype its name and download a malware (Pymafka) instead.

What kind of malware is Gachimuchi?

Gachimuchi is ransomware designed to encrypt the victim's files, rename all encrypted files, and create the "#HOW_TO_DECRYPT#.txt" file containing a ransom note. It appends "LaunchID" and "BillyHerrington" strings, and the "Gachimuchi" extension to filenames.

For example, it renames "1.jpg" to 1.jpg.[033859fde3].[BillyHerrington].Gachimuchi", "2.png" to "2.png.[033859fde3].[BillyHerrington].Gachimuchi", "3.exe" to "3.exe.[033859fde3].[BillyHerrington].Gachimuchi", and so forth.