Avoid being scammed by Roanbours websites

What are the Roanbours websites?

Roanbours is a group of deceptive websites promoting various scams. Websites belonging to the group have been observed promoting the "Dear Safari User, You Are Today's Lucky Visitor" scheme, however, they can promote others as well. Trusting these scams can lead to serious issues, and endanger device and user safety.

Typically, access to deceptive/scam web pages is caused via redirects caused by intrusive advertisements or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs) already infiltrated into the system. Note that these apps do not need express permission to be installed onto devices.

Scams such as "Dear Safari User, You Are Today's Lucky Visitor" operate by claiming that people have won (or can win) a prize. To receive the fake reward, they are asked to provide their personal and/or banking information (e.g. names, addresses, emails, telephone numbers, credit card or digital wallet details, etc.).

This sensitive data can be misused in various ways. For example, to make online purchases and fraudulent transactions. Alternatively, these schemes can request users to pay shipping, registration, subscription and similar fees to receive the bogus prize. To avoid being scammed, do not trust Roanbours or similar sites.

As mentioned, PUAs can force-open deceptive/scam, untrusted, rogue, compromised and malicious web pages, however, these applications can have other/additional dangerous capabilities. They can run intrusive advertisement campaigns (i.e. deliver pop-ups, coupons, banners, surveys and other ads).

The delivered ads diminish browsing speed and overlay visited web page content. When clicked, intrusive advertisements redirect to similarly harmful websites and stealthily download/install software (including PUAs). Unwanted apps can also modify browsers, restrict/deny access to their settings and promote bogus search engines. Most PUAs have data tracking capabilities.

They can record browsing activity (URLs, visited, web pages viewed, search queries typed, etc.) and collect users' personal information (IP addresses, geolocations and other details). This sensitive data is often shared with third parties (potentially, cyber criminals) intent on misusing it for profit.

To summarize, PUAs can cause various system infiltration and infections, lead to serious privacy issues, financial loss and even identity theft.

Threat Summary:

Name	Roanbours pop-up
Threat Type	Phishing, Scam, Mac malware, Mac virus.
Fake Claim	Some variants claim that people can win a prize.
Related Domains	roanbours6[.]live; roanbours11[.]live; roanbours21[.]live
Detection Names (roanbours21[.]live)	Fortinet (Spam), Spamhaus (Spam), Full List (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	193.35.48.30
Symptoms	Your Mac becomes slower than normal, you see unwanted pop-up ads, you are redirected to dubious websites.
Distribution methods	Deceptive pop-up ads, free software installers (bundling), fake Flash Player installers, torrent file downloads.
Damage	Internet browser tracking (potential privacy issues), display of unwanted ads, redirects to dubious websites, loss of private information.
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Letsswin, Increaseofprofit, Hotrivsaln and Finderprize are some examples of other scam website groups. These online schemes use social engineering and scare tactics to trick users into performing specific actions.

For example, to reveal personal information, make monetary transactions, call fake and expensive support/service lines, download/install and/or purchase untrusted or malicious software, and so on. While their claims/requests differ, these scams are designed for one purpose: to generate revenue for the scammers/cyber criminals behind them.

There are countless deceptive/scam sites on the internet and, therefore, you are advised to exercise caution when browsing.

How did potentially unwanted applications install on my computer?

PUAs can be downloaded/installed together with other products. This deceptive marketing technique of pre-packing regular software with unwanted or malicious additions is called "bundling". Rushing download and installation processes (e.g. ignoring terms, skipping steps, using pre-set options, etc.) increases the risk of inadvertent installation of bundled content.

Some PUAs have "official" promotional web pages from which they can be downloaded. Intrusive ads can infiltrate these apps into systems as well. Once clicked, they can execute scripts to download/install PUAs without users' consent.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

All products should be researched prior to download/installation or purchase. All downloads should be performed only from official and verified sources. Unofficial and free file-hosting websites, Peer-to-Peer sharing networks (BitTorrent, eMule, Gnutella, etc.) and other third party downloaders are untrusted and should be avoided.

When downloading/installing, it is important to read the terms, explore all available options, use the "Custom/Advanced" settings and opt-out of supplementary apps, tools, features and other additions. Intrusive advertisements may seem normal and harmless, however, they can redirect to dubious web pages (e.g. gambling, pornography, adult-dating, etc.).

If you experience these ads/redirects, inspect the system and immediately remove all suspect applications and browser extensions/plug-ins. If your computer is already infected with PUAs, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for macOS to automatically eliminate them.

Appearance of a Roanbours website promoting the "Dear Safari User, You Are Today's Lucky Visitor" scam (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Roanbours pop-up?
• How to identify a pop-up scam?
• How do pop-up scams work?
• How to remove fake pop-ups?
• How to prevent fake pop-ups?
• What to do if you fell for a pop-up scam?

How to identify a pop-up scam?

Pop-up windows with various fake messages are a common type of lures cybercriminals use. They collect sensitive personal data, trick Internet users into calling fake tech support numbers, subscribe to useless online services, invest in shady cryptocurrency schemes, etc.

While in the majority of cases these pop-ups don't infect users' devices with malware, they can cause direct monetary loss or could result in identity theft.

Cybercriminals strive to create their rogue pop-up windows to look trustworthy, however, scams typically have the following characteristics:

• Spelling mistakes and non-professional images - Closely inspect the information displayed in a pop-up. Spelling mistakes and unprofessional images could be a sign of a scam.
• Sense of urgency - Countdown timer with a couple of minutes on it, asking you to enter your personal information or subscribe to some online service.
• Statements that you won something - If you haven't participated in a lottery, online competition, etc., and you see a pop-up window stating that you won.
• Computer or mobile device scan - A pop-up window that scans your device and informs of detected issues - is undoubtedly a scam; webpages cannot perform such actions.
• Exclusivity - Pop-up windows stating that only you are given secret access to a financial scheme that can quickly make you rich.

Example of a pop-up scam:

How do pop-up scams work?

Cybercriminals and deceptive marketers usually use various advertising networks, search engine poisoning techniques, and shady websites to generate traffic to their pop-ups. Users land on their online lures after clicking on fake download buttons, using a torrent website, or simply clicking on an Internet search engine result.

Based on users' location and device information, they are presented with a scam pop-up. Lures presented in such pop-ups range from get-rich-quick schemes to fake virus scans.

How to remove fake pop-ups?

In most cases, pop-up scams do not infect users' devices with malware. If you encountered a scam pop-up, simply closing it should be enough. In some cases scam, pop-ups may be hard to close; in such cases - close your Internet browser and restart it.

In extremely rare cases, you might need to reset your Internet browser. For this, use our instructions explaining how to reset Internet browser settings.

How to prevent fake pop-ups?

To prevent seeing pop-up scams, you should visit only reputable websites. Torrent, Crack, free online movie streaming, YouTube video download, and other websites of similar reputation commonly redirect Internet users to pop-up scams.

To minimize the risk of encountering pop-up scams, you should keep your Internet browsers up-to-date and use reputable anti-malware application. For this purpose, we recommend Combo Cleaner Antivirus for macOS.

What to do if you fell for a pop-up scam?

This depends on the type of scam that you fell for. Most commonly, pop-up scams try to trick users into sending money, giving away personal information, or giving access to one's device.

• If you sent money to scammers: You should contact your financial institution and explain that you were scammed. If informed promptly, there's a chance to get your money back.
• If you gave away your personal information: You should change your passwords and enable two-factor authentication in all online services that you use. Visit Federal Trade Commission to report identity theft and get personalized recovery steps.
• If you let scammers connect to your device: You should scan your computer with reputable anti-malware (we recommend Combo Cleaner Antivirus for macOS) - cyber criminals could have planted trojans, keyloggers, and other malware, don't use your computer until removing possible threats.
• Help other Internet users: report Internet scams to Federal Trade Commission.

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