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Fastfrom.com Suspicious Website
Adware

Fastfrom.com Suspicious Website

Fastfrom[.]com is a page allowing users to download videos from YouTube. This site uses rogue advertising networks (redirects users to untrustworthy pages) and asks for permission to deliver notifications. Moreover, fastfrom[.]com offers an illegal service breaking copyright laws. Fastfrom

Gate Adware
Adware

Gate Adware

Gate is the name of a web browser designed to generate unwanted advertisements. Software that displays advertisements is called adware. Users often download and install software of this type inadvertently. Thus, Gate and other programs of this kind are categorized as potentially unwanted applicati

Loopanews.com Ads
Notification Spam

Loopanews.com Ads

Loopanews[.]com is a rogue website designed to load questionable content and/or redirect visitors to other (likely untrustworthy or malicious) pages. There are countless sites of this type on the Web; akaiksots.com, rplnd1.com, sweepstakessurvey.org, and fresh-content.biz are but a few examples.

Convert Files 4 Free Adware
Adware

Convert Files 4 Free Adware

Convert Files 4 Free is an advertising-supported browser extension. It promises to convert files formats, yet it also operates by running intrusive ad campaigns and spying on users' browsing activity. Due to the dubious methods used to distribute adware-type products, they are categorized as PUAs

Jvsmd Ransomware
Ransomware

Jvsmd Ransomware

Jvsmd is a ransomware-type program that encrypts data (renders files unusable) and demands ransoms for the decryption. Affected files are appended with a random character string and the ".jvsmd" extension. For example, a file like "1.jpg" would appear similar to "1.jpg.w0oxe-2nJxmKnYZJHyu4LeSZkb9

Wholeactualnewz.com Ads
Notification Spam

Wholeactualnewz.com Ads

Wholeactualnewz[.]com is designed to trick visitors into granting it permission to show notifications and redirect them to questionable websites. It is an untrustworthy page similar to globalprotectionspc[.]com, akaiksots[.]com, sweepstakessurvey[.]org, and plenty of other sites. Wholeactu

TopAdblockSearch Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

TopAdblockSearch Browser Hijacker

TopAdblockSearch is a browser hijacker promoting the topadblocksearch.com fraudulent search engine. Since most users unintentionally download/install browser hijackers, they are also classified as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). Browser hijackers like TopAdblockSearch assign fake

Microsoft Windows Virus Alert POP-UP Scam
Phishing/Scam

Microsoft Windows Virus Alert POP-UP Scam

It is a technical support scam that uses scare tactics (displays a fake virus alert) to trick visitors into calling scammers and then paying money for fake services and products and (or) installing potentially malicious software. Users never visit scam pages like this one intentionally. Th

IHA Ransomware
Ransomware

IHA Ransomware

IHA is a new variant of the NoCry ransomware. It operates by encrypting data (i.e., locking files) and demanding payment for the decryption. During the encryption process, affected files are appended with a ".IHA" extension. For example, a file like "1.jpg" would appear as "1.jpg.IHA", "2.jpg" as

LOCK2G Ransomware
Ransomware

LOCK2G Ransomware

LOCK2G encrypts files and replaces their filenames with a string of random characters, victim's ID, and appends the ".LOCK2G" extension. For example, it renames a file named "1.jpg" to "QYRPNDIZAQ.ITOQWOCYENCFOOJAMLUFYYNIC.LOCK2G", "2.jpg" to "KUBCRLJSPW.ITOQWOCYENCFOOJAMLUFYYNIC.LOCK2G". LOCK2G