Our research team discovered the DeathRansom ransomware-type program during a routine inspection of new submissions to VirusTotal. This malicious program is part of the Chaos ransomware family. Once we executed a sample of DeathRansom (Chaos) ransomware on our test machine, it encrypted files and
Greatcaptchahere[.]top is one of the pages that display deceptive content to lure visitors into allowing them to show notifications. We discovered greatcaptchahere[.]top while inspecting sites that use rogue advertising networks. Users do not open pages like greatcaptchahere[.]top on purpose.
During our analysis of undescoidecimy[.]com, we discovered that it employs a clickbait technique to entice visitors into allowing it to display notifications. Furthermore, it may redirect to other untrustworthy websites. Consequently, undescoidecimy[.]com is not a reliable website. We came across
During our evaluation of toppillarrect[.]com, we observed that the website displays a deceitful message to persuade its visitors to consent to receive notifications. Additionally, toppillarrect[.]com may redirect users to other dubious websites. Therefore, toppillarrect[.]com is unreliable and sho
Our malware experts came across Darj while analyzing malware samples submitted to VirusTotal. Darj is ransomware that is part of the Djvu family. Its modus operandi is to encrypt data and affix the ".darj" extension to the filenames and produce a ransom note (the "_readme.txt" file). An example o
Updaterlife[.]com is a rogue page that we discovered while investigating suspicious websites. It promotes browser notification spam and redirects visitors to different (likely untrustworthy/dangerous) sites. Users primarily access webpages like updaterlife[.]com via redirects caused by sites usin
Our research team discovered the Ads Blocker Pro browser extension while investigating rogue webpages. This extension is promoted as an adblocker – a tool that removes advertisements. However, our analysis revealed that Ads Blocker Pro operates as adware. Hence, instead of blocking adverts – it di
Finderesults.com is the URL of a fake search engine. Unlike most sites of this kind, it can generate search results. However, they are inaccurate and may include unreliable/deceptive content. Typically, illegitimate search engines are promoted by browser hijackers, which modify browser settings t
Our researchers discovered the uddininc[.]com rogue page while investigating dubious websites. It operates by promoting browser notification spam and redirecting users to other (likely unreliable/hazardous) sites. Most visitors to uddininc[.]com and similar websites access them through redirects
Our researchers discovered bestresultsfast.com while investigating rogue software. This website is a fake search engine that can generate search results that are inaccurate and may include deceptive/dangerous content. In most cases, sites like bestresultsfast.com are promoted (via redirects) by b