We investigated the stayundercontrol[.]online website and found two things: this page runs the "McAfee - Your PC might be infected with 5 viruses!" scam and wants to show notifications. Our team discovered stayundercontrol[.]online while inspecting websites that use rogue advertising networks. Pag
While investigating this email, we found that it is a scam email disguised as a letter from an email service provider. Scammers send this email to lure recipients into clicking a link and providing a password on the opened phishing website. This email should be ignored. The email claims th
Our researchers discovered the roclin[.]click rogue website during a routine inspection of questionable sites. Roclin[.]click promotes scams, pushes browser notification spam, and redirects visitors to different (likely unreliable/malicious) webpages. Most users access such sites via redirects ca
While checking out new submissions to VirusTotal, our research team found a rogue app called SharedEnumerator. After we inspected this piece of software, we determined that it operates as adware and belongs to the AdLoad malware family. Adware enables the placement of third-party graphic
Our analysis of the "Your Email Was Suggested By Your Customer" spam letter revealed that it operates as a phishing scam. It attempts to deceive recipients into disclosing their email account log-in credentials by claiming that their company may be eligible for a project. The spam email wi
UnlimitedBolt is one of the untrustworthy applications designed to generate annoying advertisements. Software that shows ads is called adware (or advertising-supported software). Most adware is promoted and distributed using questionable (often deceptive) methods. Our team discovered UnlimitedBo
While examining suspicious pages, we found another page of this kind running a pop-up scam. This site uses a scare tactic to distribute malware. Its purpose is to lure unsuspecting visitors into believing that their computers are infected and executing a downloaded malicious file. After in
Our research team found the protectyour-device[.]com rogue webpage while checking out untrustworthy sites. This page promotes deceptive material, pushes spam browser notifications, and redirects visitors to other (likely dubious/malicious) websites. Most users enter pages like protectyour-device[
IndexerPortal is a piece of rogue software that our research team discovered while investigating new submissions to VirusTotal. After inspecting this app, we determined that it is adware belonging to the AdLoad malware family. IndexerPortal is designed to run intrusive ad campaigns, and it may h
While inspecting defenderfocus[.]xyz, we found that it runs the "McAfee - Your PC is infected with 5 viruses!" scam and wants to deliver untrustworthy notifications. This page should be ignored and never allowed to show notifications. Our team discovered defenderfocus[.]xyz while analyzing pages t