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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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 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
"Amazon Prime email scam" refers to a spam campaign. These German-language scam emails claim that recipients have been selected to get a special offer on Amazon Prime - the subscription program of the tech giant's Amazon's e-commerce section. It must be emphasized that the letters in question are