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What kind of scam is "Your iPhone Has Been Hacked"?
"Your iPhone Has Been Hacked" is a scam promoted by deceptive websites. As the title implies, the scheme claims that users' devices have been compromised and were accessed without authorization. "Your iPhone Has Been Hacked" also promotes other scams, which endorse untrusted and possibly malicious software.
Typically, users access these deceptive web pages via redirects caused by intrusive ads or unwanted applications already infiltrated into the system. These apps do not need express user consent to be installed onto their devices.
What is the StreaminSearchs browser hijacker?
StreaminSearchs is rogue software classified as a browser hijacker. Following successful infiltration, it makes alterations to browser settings to promote streaminsearchs.com (a fake search engine). Additionally, most browser hijackers have data tracking capabilities and this is also likely to be the case with StreaminSearchs.
Due to the dubious techniques used to proliferate StreaminSearchs, it is also classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA).
What is check-you-robot[.]site?
Virtually identical to mediamodern.biz, bestdealfor21.life, routemob.com and thousands of others, check-you-robot[.]site is a rogue website. Visitors to the site are presented with dubious material and/or redirected to various other untrusted/malicious web pages.
Few users access check-you-robot[.]site or similar sites intentionally - most are redirected to them by intrusive ads or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs). This software does not need express user permission to infiltrate systems. PUAs cause redirects, deliver intrusive ad campaigns and gather information relating to browsing.
What is the Search-Plus browser hijacker?
Search-Plus is a piece of dubious software advertised as a tool allegedly capably of providing convenient web-search options, access to trending search queries, and trusted search results. In fact, it operates by making modifications to browser settings to promote hsearch-plus.co (a fake search engine) and collect browsing-related information.
Therefore, it is classified as a browser hijacker. Due to the dubious methods employed to proliferate Search-Plus, it is also classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA). Additionally, Search-Plus is often distributed together with another PUA called Hide My History.
What is onlybestpushnews[.]com?
Like most websites of this type, onlybestpushnews[.]com promotes and opens various untrusted websites or loads dubious content. Some examples of other pages similar to onlybestpushnews[.]com are click-to-watch[.]live, bestdealfor21[.]life and cvazirouse[.]com.
Generally, users do not visit these sites intentionally - browsers are forced to open them by installed potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). Note that PUAs can also gather browsing data and feed users with advertisements.
What is c-emoney[.]com?
c-emoney[.]com is an untrusted web page, which is practically identical to click-to-watch.live, esmo.pro, keysdigita.com and countless others. This site presents visitors with dubious content and/or redirects them to other rogue, possibly malicious websites.
Few users access c-emoney[.]com or similar sites intentionally - most are redirected to them by intrusive advertisements or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs). These apps do not need express user permission to infiltrate systems. PUAs operate by causing redirects, running intrusive ad campaigns, and collect browsing-related data.
What is Find Instant Recipes?
Generally, browser hijackers promote addresses of fake search engines by modifying specific browser settings. Find Instant Recipes promotes hfindinstantrecipes.com in this way. These apps also help the developers to generate by collecting browsing-related and/or other information.
Many users end up having browsers hijacked by this software unintentionally and, therefore, Find Instant Recipes and similar apps are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).
What is mop-news2[.]club?
mop-news2[.]club is one of many rogue websites (including click-to-watch[.]live, bestdealfor21[.]life, cvazirouse[.]com, etc.) that promote other untrusted web pages or load dubious content.
Typically, users do not visit these sites intentionally - they are opened by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) installed on browsers and/or computers. PUAs also serve advertisements and collect specific data.
What is Easy Steps DIY Tab?
Easy Steps DIY Tab is a typical browser hijacker, which promotes a fake search engine (easystepsdiytab.com) by changing certain browser settings. These apps often gather information relating to users' browsing activities.
Note that people tend to download and install browser hijackers inadvertently and, for this reason, they are categorized as potentially unwanted application (PUAs). Research shows that Easy Steps DIY Tab is distributed with another PUA called Hide My History.
What is the fake "Philippine Overseas Employment Administration" email?
"Philippine Overseas Employment Administration" refers to a spam email campaign disguised as mail from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). The term "spam campaign" defines a large scale operation, during which thousands of deceptive emails are sent.
The messages of this spam campaign claim that recipients risk losing their licenses, unless they complete and submit the attached documents. In fact, these emails are fake and are in no way associated with the genuine POEA organization. The files attached to the scam emails are designed to infect systems with the NanoCore RAT (Remote Access Trojan).
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