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What is click-to-watch[.]live?

click-to-watch[.]live is a rogue website sharing many similarities with bestdealfor21.life, cvazirouse.com, esmo.pro, mediamodern.biz and thousands of others. When accessed, these sites present visitors with dubious content and/or redirect them to other dubious/malicious web pages.

Few users enter these web pages intentionally - most are redirected to them by intrusive advertisements or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs). These apps do not need express permission to be installed onto devices. PUAs cause redirects, deliver intrusive ad campaigns and collect browsing-related information.

What is the bestdealfor21[.]life site?

bestdealfor21[.]life is a rogue website. Visitors to it are presented with dubious content and/or are redirected to other untrusted/malicious sites. Users seldom access bestdealfor21[.]life or similar web pages intentionally - they are redirected to them by intrusive advertisement campaigns or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs).

There are thousands of similar rogue sites on the web including, for example, esmo.pro, mediamodern.biz, and sombes.com.

What is ConvertPDFEasy?

ConvertPDFEasy is a typical browser hijacker: it changes certain browser settings to promote a fake search engine (in this case, convertpdfeasy.com) and collects browsing-related data. Note that browser hijackers are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), since users often download and install them unintentionally.

What is cvazirouse[.]com?

cvazirouse[.]com is very similar to theweathersiren[.]com, mediamodern[.]biz, keysdigita[.]com and many other rogue websites.

These pages should not be visited, since they load dubious content and promote (open) other web pages of this kind. Typically, users do not visit websites such as cvazirouse[.]com intentionally - they are opened through deceptive ads, other dubious web pages, or by installed potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

What is esmo[.]pro?

esmo[.]pro displays dubious content and opens various bogus web pages. It operates in a similar manner to many other sites including, for example, theweathersiren[.]com, mediamodern[.]biz and keysdigita[.]com.

Websites of this type are often opened by browsers when potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) are installed (i.e., users do not visit pages such as esmo[.]pro intentionally). Note that PUAs often serve advertisements and collect data.

What is the "This document protected by CloudFlare" scam?

"This document protected by CloudFlare" is a deceptive message displayed by various malicious documents. Cloudflare is a legitimate web-infrastructure and website-security company, which is in no way associated with this scam message.

"This document protected by CloudFlare" attempts to convince users that the infectious Microsoft Office document is locked and they need to enable macro commands (i.e. enable editing/content) to access it. Note that these documents are dangerous, since their purpose is to infect systems with malware. Malicious files are commonly distributed via spam email campaigns.

What is "You must go to the law court Email Virus"?

Typically, cyber criminals behind such emails (malspam) attempt to deceive users into installing malware onto their computers through an attached malicious file or website link. Commonly, emails of this type are disguised as important and official. To make them seem more legitimate, cyber criminals exploit names of well-known companies and organizations.

This particular email is disguised as a message regarding a subpoena, but actually contains a malicious attachment, which installs a Trojan called TrickBot.

What is the "GitHub email scam"?

"GitHub email scam" is a spam email campaign disguised as mail from GitHub. The goal of these messages is to extract recipients' GitHub account log-in credentials (usernames / registered email address and passwords).

The deceptive messages are presented as notifications concerning a repeat email address verification with which users have apparently registered their GitHub accounts.

GitHub is a multi-functional repository hosting service - a code hosting platform designed for control and collaboration purposes. It must emphasized that these scam emails are in no way associated with GitHub, Inc.

What is .BOOT ransomware?

.BOOT belongs to the Dharma ransomware family. Typically, malware of this type is designed to encrypt files, modify their filenames, and create and/or display a ransom message. This ransomware renames every encrypted file by adding the victim's ID, resetboot@aol.com email address and appending the ".BOOT" extension to filenames.

For example, it would rename "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.id-1E857D00.[resetboot@aol.com].BOOT", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.id-1E857D00.[resetboot@aol.com].BOOT", and so on. It also displays a ransom message in a pop-up window and creates a text file named "FILES ENCRYPTED.txt" (containing another ransom message).

What is LeadingAdviseSearch?

LeadingAdviseSearch is a rogue application categorized as adware that has browser hijacker traits. Following successful installation, it runs intrusive advertisement campaigns and also modifies browsers to promote fake search engines.

Additionally, most adware type apps and browser hijackers monitor users' browsing activity, and it is highly likely that LeadingAdviseSearch does so as well. Due to the dubious methods used to proliferate this adware, it is also classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA).

One of LeadingAdviseSearch's proliferation techniques is via fake Adobe Flash Player updates. As well as PUAs, bogus software installers/updaters also spread through Trojans, ransomware and other malware.