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What is EssentialOptimizer adware?
EssentialOptimizer is rogue piece of software, categorized as adware and it also possesses browser hijacker qualities. Following successful installation, this application runs intrusive advertisement campaigns, modifies browsers and promotes fake search engines. EssentialOptimizer promotes Safe Finder through akamaihd.net.
Most PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Application), adware and browser hijackers included, gather browsing-related information. Since users tend to download/install EssentialOptimizer unintentionally, it is considered to be a PUA.
What is DefaultProcesser adware?
DefaultProcesser is a rogue application classified as adware. As well as delivering intrusive ad campaigns, it also has browser hijacker traits, such as browser modification and promotion of fake search engines. DefaultProcesser promotes Safe Finder through akamaihd.net.
Most adware and browser hijackers track browsing-related data, and this is likely to be the case with DefaultProcesser. Since most users download/install DefaultProcesser inadvertently, it is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA).
What is the Remove Notifications browser hijacker?
Remove Notifications is rogue software categorized as a browser hijacker. It is endorsed as a tool supposedly capable of removing notifications (e.g. pop-ups, banners and other advertisements). Additionally, it offers features such as browser homepage customization, note creation, etc.
After successful infiltration, however, this browser hijacker operates by modifying browser settings to promote removenotifications.com (a bogus search engine). Furthermore, Remove Notifications monitors users' browsing activity. Due to the dubious methods used to proliferate Remove Notifications, it is also classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA).
What is Burst Search browser hijacker?
Burst Search is a dubious program classified as a browser hijacker. Following successful infiltration, it modifies browser settings to promote burstsearch.com (a fake search engine). Most browser hijackers collect browsing-related information, and this is highly likely to include Burst Search.
Additionally, this browser hijacker adds the "Managed by your organization" feature to the Google Chrome browser to ensure persistence (i.e. complicate its removal). Due to the dubious methods used to proliferate Burst Search, it is also classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA).
What is the Zeromax stealer?
Discovered by malware analyst 3xp0rt, Zeromax (also known as ElysiumStealer) is a malicious program categorized as a stealer. This type of malicious software is specifically geared towards data theft. These programs have a wide variety of functionalities, which aid them in stealing information.
Stealers pose a significant threat to device and user safety, and therefore the presence of these infections necessitate immediate removal.
What is Maas ransomware?
Discovered by Michael Gillespie, Maas is malicious software and part of the Djvu ransomware family. Systems infected with this malware have their data encrypted and users receive ransom demands for decryption tools. When this ransomware encrypts, all affected files are appended with the ".maas" extension.
For example, a file originally named something like "1.jpg" would appear as "1.jpg.maas" following encryption. Once this process is complete, a ransom-demand message is created in a text file called "_readme.txt".
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.
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