During a routine inspection of shady websites, our researchers discovered the "You've made the 16.39-billionth search!" scam. It uses content (names/graphics) associated with the Google search engine, thereby implying that this reward is given or sponsored by Google LLC. In fact, this scam is in n
We have discovered the CommonLocator application while examining various shady websites. Once installed, it starts displaying annoying advertisements. Therefore, our team has concluded that CommonLocator is typical adware. It is not recommended to have any adware installed on browsers or compute
Venom is the name of a ransomware-type program, which our researchers found while inspecting new malware submissions to VirusTotal. We learned that Venom belongs to the ZEPPELIN ransomware family. On our test system, this malicious program encrypted files and appended their filenames with the ".v
Window-save[.]com is a deceptive page running the "You've Visited Illegal Infected Website" scam and asking for permission to deliver notifications. We have discovered it while examining other sites that use rogue advertising networks. Websites like window-save[.]com can never be trusted and shoul
Noctua is a ransomware variant belonging to the Makop ransomware family. Our team has discovered this variant during the analysis of malware samples submitted to VirusTotal. It was found that Noctua encrypts files and appends a string of random characters, the noctua0302@goat.si email address, and
"Your phone is severly damaged by viruses" is a scam that our research team discovered while inspecting rogue websites. It claims that the visitor's mobile device has suffered damage from viruses and urges them to renew their McAfee anti-virus subscription. It must be emphasized that all these cl
We have discovered the womenlifewellness[.]com page during the analysis of various torrent pages, illegal movie steaming, and other sites that use shady advertising networks. It is an untrustworthy page that runs some health fraud scam and asks for permission to show notifications. The cre
Our team has analyzed this email and found that it is a fake email notification from Tinder claiming that someone has matched with you. It is worth mentioning that Tinder actually sends such notifications to its users. However, this one is sent by scammers who attempt to trick users into opening a
Our malware researchers have discovered a new Djvu ransomware variant called Tuid (it was found while checking malware samples submitted to the VirusTotal page). This variant encrypts files, appends the ".tuid" extension to filenames, and creates a ransom note (it generates a text file named "_rea
Putin_Huilo_NoWar is ransomware that our team has discovered while checking the VirusTotal page for submitted malware samples. While analyzing this ransomware, we noticed that it did not encrypt our files (but may encrypt files stored on other computers). Also, Putin_Huilo_NoWar displayed a pop-up