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What is the "Attn Lucky Winner" email?

"Attn Lucky Winner" is an email scam targeting Australian users. These messages claim that recipients have been selected as winners of the "Mega Millions" raffle sponsored by "OZ Australia". Supposedly, users have won an incredible sum of money (over ten million dollars).

The content of the message is extremely dubious, mentioning the names of legitimate, generic, and nonexistent lotteries, companies and entities. This type of scam is typically used to trick recipients into revealing their personal and banking information, making monetary transactions, calling expensive telephone numbers, and similar.

What is "Compliments of the day" email scam?

In most cases, scams that are sent via email are used to trick recipients into providing sensitive information, transferring money, or even opening files designed to install malware. In this case, scammers seeks to trick recipients into believing that they can receive a significant sum of money in their local countries.

To do this, the scammers claim that they require assistance, in return for an "investment opportunity". Typically, scams of this type are used to extort money from unsuspecting people. This, and other similar scams, should be ignored.

What is Aria-body?

Aria-body is malicious software also known as the Aria-body RAT (Remote Access Trojan). RATs allow remote access and control over an infected machine. Aria-body malware has various capabilities/features that enable likewise varied misuse. It has been observed being employed primarily for stealing information.

This Trojan can locate and exfiltrate specific data. It is a malicious program that has been used for espionage, extensively targeting the APAC (Asia Pacific) region.

Aria-body has been leveraged against governmental institutions (e.g. science and technology, foreign affairs ministries, government-owned companies, etc.) of Australia, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand.

What is pdfsearchhouse.com?

pdfsearchhouse.com is the address of a fake search engine which is promoted through a potentially unwanted application (PUA), a browser hijacker.

Typically, fake search engines are promoted by changing certain browser settings. Additionally, apps of this type often collect user-system information relating to browsing activities. Browser hijackers are categorized as PUAs, since people often download and install them unintentionally.

What is Find Local Classifieds?

Find Local Classifieds browser hijacker promotes the findlocalclassifiedstab.com address, a fake search engine. Like most apps of this type, it promotes the site by changing certain browser settings. Usually, browser hijackers modify settings and collect (mostly browsing-related) information.

Since users often download and install apps such as Find Local Classifieds inadvertently, they are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

What is ossearch.online?

ossearch.online is one of many fake search engines that do not generate unique results. Generally, their associated addresses (URLs) are promoted through potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) that are classified as browser hijackers.

In most cases, apps of this type promote fake search engines by changing browser settings and collecting browsing-related (and other) information. Browser hijackers are categorized as PUAs, since people often download and install them inadvertently.

What is cosappzsearch.online?

cosappzsearch.online is a useless, fake search engine. Generally, these search engines are promoted through potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) called browser hijackers. Apps of this type promote fake search engines by changing certain browser settings.

Commonly, they gather browsing data and other information. People often download and install PUAs inadvertently.

What is ConsoleLog?

ConsoleLog adware is designed to promote the Safe Finder website (by opening it through akamaihd.net), and also to serve various advertisements and collect sensitive information. People often download and install this type of adware inadvertently. Therefore, ConsoleLog and other, similar apps are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

What is Download Apps Now?

Download Apps Now is a rogue application, categorized as a browser hijacker. It is endorsed as an easy access tool to a variety of content. For example, to popular email providers as well as weather, news and video streaming websites. This app operates by modifying browsers in order to promote hdownloadappsnow.app - a fake search engine.

Most browser hijackers are able to track browsing-related data, and it is highly likely that Download Apps Now possesses such abilities as well. Since most users download/install it inadvertently, it is also deemed to be a PUA (Potentially Unwanted Application).

What is DictionaryPro?

DictionaryPro is software categorized as a browser hijacker and is endorsed as a tool for easy access to online dictionaries, spell-checking and grammar websites. It operates by altering browser settings to promote dictionarypro.co (a bogus search engine).

Additionally, this browser hijacker monitors users' browsing activity. Furthermore, due to its dubious proliferation methods, DictionaryPro is also classed as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA). Note that DictionaryPro often promotes another browser hijacker called Protect My Search Daily.