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What is "PayPal - Unauthorized Transaction"?

After reviewing this email, it has become evident that it is a fraudulent message impersonating PayPal and sent by malicious actors. The intention behind this email is to trick recipients into divulging sensitive data and potentially initiating financial transfers. Thus, recipients are strongly advised to ignore this email.

What kind of application is UltimateUser?

Upon examination, we determined that UltimateUser is adware, a type of unwanted software that infiltrates computer systems with the primary intention of inundating users with intrusive and often irrelevant advertisements. Usually, software of this type is distributed using deceptive techniques. Thus, users install it without being aware of it.

What kind of application is TachyglossusAculeatus?

Upon examining the TachyglossusAculeatus browser extension, we have determined that it is malicious. TachyglossusAculeatus is distributed via malicious installer and can read browsing history, manage apps, extensions, and themes within Chrome browser, read and change data on pages, and more. Users should not trust this app and remove it.

What kind of application is AssistiveConnection?

AssistiveConnection is an adware-type app that our research team found while reviewing new file submissions to the VirusTotal platform. This application is part of the AdLoad malware family. AssistiveConnection operates by running intrusive advertisement campaigns.

What kind of software is Sharks Tab?

While investigating questionable websites, our researchers discovered the Sharks Tab extension that promises to display browser wallpapers that depict sharks.

After analyzing this piece of software, we learned that it modifies browser settings to promote (via redirects) the r.bsc.sien.com fake search engine. Due to this behavior, Sharks Tab is classed as a browser hijacker.

What kind of application is ZipDomainNameRate?

Our research team discovered the ZipDomainNameRate application during a routine inspection of new file submissions to the VirusTotal website. After analyzing this piece of software, we determined that it is adware belonging to the AdLoad malware family. ZipDomainNameRate delivers ads and may have other harmful abilities.

What kind of email is "Email Deactivation In Progress"?

Our examination of "Email Deactivation In Progress" revealed that it is spam mail. This fake letter claims that a request to deactivate the recipient's account has been received. The phishing email offers an option to cancel the deactivation, attempting to complete which will result in the recipient's account log-in credentials getting exposed to the scammers behind this spam campaign.

What kind of malware is GhostLocker?

GhostLocker is a ransomware-type program developed by the GhostSec cyber criminal group. Malware, classed as ransomware, is designed to encrypt data and demand payment for its decryption.

On our testing system, GhostLocker encrypted files and appended their names with a ".ghost" extension. For example, an original filename such as "1.jpg" appeared as "1.jpg.ghost", "2.png" as "2.png.ghost", and so on for all of the affected files.

After the encryption process was completed, a ransom note titled "lmao.html" was dropped. It is noteworthy that the filename of the HTML document may vary.

What kind of email is "Your Messages Couldn't Be Delivered"?

After inspecting the "Your Messages Couldn't Be Delivered" email, we determined that it is spam. By claiming that outgoing messages failed delivery, the letter aims to trick the recipient into providing their email account log-in credentials to a phishing website.

What kind of application is Apps Helper?

Apps Helper is a malicious browser extension that has been discovered while inspecting a malicious installer hosted on an unreliable website. Apps Helper can read and change data on websites and manage apps, extensions, and themes when added to Chrome browsers. It is highly advisable to remove this extension from affected browsers.