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ImmersiveTask Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

ImmersiveTask Adware (Mac)

ImmersiveTask is a piece of software with adware and browser hijacker abilities. Since users typically download/install such apps unintentionally, they are also classified as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). Adware displays pop-ups, surveys, banners, and other intrusive advertis

Tobepartou.com Redirect
Browser Hijacker

Tobepartou.com Redirect

Tobepartou.com is a fake search engine promoted through a browser hijacker called Properties (and other apps of this type). The installer ("CS_installer.exe") for Properties browser hijacker is distributed using a deceptive website, download pages for cracked software, YouTube downloaders.

Cyber (Babuk) Ransomware
Ransomware

Cyber (Babuk) Ransomware

Belonging to the Babuk Locker ransomware family, Cyber is a piece of malicious software designed to encrypt data (render files inaccessible) and demand payment for the decryption. Files are appended with a ".cyber" extension. For example, a file initially titled "1.jpg" would appear as "1.jpg.cyb

Eeyee Ransomware
Ransomware

Eeyee Ransomware

Eeyee is ransomware - malicious software that prevents victims from accessing files by encrypting them. Additionally, it renames files by appending a string of random characters and the ".eeyee" extension to filenames and creates the "6pZZ_HOW_TO_DECRYPT.txt" text file containing a ransom note. A

McAfee - Your PC Might Be Vulnerable POP-UP Scam
Phishing/Scam

McAfee - Your PC Might Be Vulnerable POP-UP Scam

"McAfee - Your PC might be vulnerable" is a scam run on various rogue sites. While it is used to endorse the genuine McAfee anti-virus software, this promotion is not created by McAfee Corp. (the developers of McAfee anti-virus) but affiliates seeking to obtain illegitimate commissions. It is not

Myhypeposts.com Ads
Notification Spam

Myhypeposts.com Ads

Myhypeposts[.]com is a deceptive website designed to trick visitors into enabling its browser notifications. Additionally, it can redirect users to other dubious and malicious sites. Most visits to myhypeposts.com occur through webpages using rogue advertising networks. How sites like myhy

Checkthesafety.com Ads
Notification Spam

Checkthesafety.com Ads

Checkthesafety[.]com is an untrustworthy website asking for permission to show notifications and displaying deceptive content. There is a great number of pages like checkthesafety[.]com, for example, mydesktopdefence[.]com, security-scanner[.]xyz, kap03ut-editi56on[.]xyz. Typically, users do not o

EffectiveVision Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

EffectiveVision Adware (Mac)

EffectiveVision is an adware-type app with browser hijacker functionalities. Furthermore, software products of this type are also categorized as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications) due to the dubious techniques used to distribute them. Adware is designed to display various intrusive

Nqhd Ransomware
Ransomware

Nqhd Ransomware

Nqhd is ransomware that belongs to the Djvu family. It encrypts files and modifies their filenames (by appending the ".nqhd" extension). For example, it renames "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.nqhd", "document.txt" to "document.txt.nqhd", and so on. Nqhd provides contact and payment information in the "_readme.

AlphaSpeedBooster Adware
Adware

AlphaSpeedBooster Adware

AlphaSpeedBooster is an adware-type browser extension. It is endorsed as a tool supposedly capable of reducing webpage loading times. Due to the dubious methods used to distribute software products of this type, they are also categorized as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). AlphaSp