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MyADBlocksSearch is a browser hijacker designed to promote the myadblocks.com address. Myadblocks.com is a fake search engine. MyADBlocksSearch promotes this fake search engine by changing some of the web browser's settings. Typically, users install browser-hijacking apps unknowingly. MyAD
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Sckmedady is ransomware that encrypts files and modifies their filenames. It appends the docexkonc@gmail.com email address, a string of random characters, and the ".sckmedady" extension to filenames. For instance, it renames "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.[docexkonc@gmail.com][MJ-JS8403912576].sckmedady", "2.
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j1k0nxo7 is ransomware designed to encrypt files (and modify their filenames), change the desktop wallpaper, and create the "read_it.txt" file (a ransom note). It appends a randomly generated extension to filenames, for example, it renames "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.yaoc", "document.txt", to "document.txt.