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Fast Search Assist Browser Hijacker

What is Fast Search Assist?

Fast Search Assist is classified as browser hijacker, since it assigns certain browser settings in order to promote a fake search engine (fastsearchassist.com).

Apps of this type often gather browsing-related data as well. Generally, people download and install browser hijackers accidentally and, for this reason, apps such as Fast Search Assist are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

   
Ezy Photo Tab Browser Hijacker

What is Ezy Photo Tab?

Ezy Photo Tab is advertised as providing quick access to online photo and video editing websites. In fact, this app is a browser hijacker that promotes a fake search engine (ezyphototab.com) by modifying certain browser settings. It might also collect browsing data.

Users often download and install browser hijackers inadvertently and, therefore, they are classified as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

   
Globallyreinvation.com Ads

What is globallyreinvation[.]com?

globallyreinvation[.]com is a rogue site similar to findyourpleasure3.lifepersonal-video.liveclassicgift.download and thousands of others. It operates by redirecting visitors to other untrusted or malicious websites, and/or by presenting them with dubious content.

Few users enter globallyreinvation[.]com intentionally - most are redirected to it by intrusive ads or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs) already infiltrated into the system. These applications do not need express user permission to be installed onto devices. PUAs cause redirects, deliver intrusive ad campaigns and track browsing-related information.

   
Fasttrack.mobi Ads

What is fasttrack[.]mobi?

fasttrack[.]mobi is a rogue website that shares many similarities with findyourpleasure3.lifepersonal-video.liveturbostream.icu and countless others. Visitors to this site are presented with dubious content and/or are redirected to other untrusted/malicious web pages.

Typically, fasttrack[.]mobi is accessed via redirects caused by intrusive ads or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs). These apps do not need express user consent to be installed onto devices. PUAs cause redirects, deliver intrusive ad campaigns, hijack browsers and track browsing-related information.

   
Basbanke Trojan (Android)

What is the Basbanke trojan?

Basbanke, also known as Coybot, is a malicious program classified as a Trojan (specifically, a banking Trojan). It targets Android operating systems and is used to to extract/exfiltrate users' banking account log-in credentials.

 Basbanke has been observed targeting certain banking applications of Spain, Portugal, and Brazil and, most notably, the multinational Banco Santander banking app. The Basbanke Trojan is high-risk malware that poses a significant threat to users' finances and privacy.

   
Easy Flight Tracker Browser Hijacker

What is Easy Flight Tracker?

Easy Flight Tracker is a browser hijacker endorsed as a tool for easy access to flight information. Following successful infiltration, it modifies browser settings to promote easyflighttrackertab.com (a fake search engine). Additionally, most browser hijackers monitor users' browsing activity, and Easy Flight Tracker is no exception.

Due to the dubious methods used to proliferate this app, it is also classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA).

   
Bestdealfor10.life Ads

What is bestdealfor10[.]life?

bestdealfor10[.]life displays dubious content or opens other untrusted web pages. There are many websites similar to bestdealfor10[.]life, and that generate pop-up notifications, on the internet. Some examples are personal-video[.]live, classicgift[.]download and turbostream[.]icu.

In most cases, people arrive at these pages when they click dubious ads, visit other bogus web pages, or have potentially unwanted apps (PUAs) installed on browsers and/or operating systems. In any case, people do not often visit bestdealfor10[.]life or similar sites intentionally.

PUAs are designed to promote dubious web pages, display ads, and collect information relating to users' browsing habits.

   
Findyourpleasure3.life Ads

What is findyourpleasure3[.]life?

findyourpleasure3[.]life is designed to promote bogus websites or load dubious content. Note that this is a rogue website which cannot be trusted. There are many other web pages similar to findyourpleasure3[.]life on the internet. Some examples are personal-video[.]live, classicgift[.]download and turbostream[.]icu.

Typically, users do not often visit these sites intentionally - they are opened by installed potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). These rogue apps can open sites such as findyourpleasure3[.]life, record data, and serve online advertisements.

   
Quick Live News Browser Hijacker

What is Quick Live News?

Quick Live News is a browser hijacker which promotes quicklivenews.com (the address of a fake search engine).

Typically, apps of this type promote these search engines by changing certain browser settings. Most also collect browsing data. Commonly, users do not download or install browser hijackers intentionally and, therefore, they are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). This particular browser hijacker is distributed with another PUA called Safeplex Search.

   
Vfcfocxp Ransomware

What is Vfcfocxp?

Discovered by GrujaRS, Vfcfocxph is a malicious program (malware) that is part of the Snatch ransomware family. Vfcfocxp ransomware operates by encrypting data and demanding payment for decryption. During the encryption process, all compromised files are appended with the ".vfcfocxph extension.

For example, a file originally named something like "1.jpg" would appear as "1.jpg.vfcfocxph" following encryption. Once this process is complete, a ransom message ("HOW TO RESTORE YOUR FILES.TXT") is dropped into every affected folder.

   

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