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One of the ways to deliver malware is via emails containing attachments (or website links in emails). The attachments within these emails are disguised as purchase orders, bank statements, or other documents. This email is disguised as a letter from COSCO SHIPPING (a Chinese shipping company). It
Auto Ad Skipper is an adware-type browser extension. It is supposedly capable of automatically selecting skip options on skippable ads. However, this rogue extension operates by running intrusive advertisement campaigns instead. Due to the dubious methods used to spread adware products, they are
"You have used up your mail storage" is the name of an email spam campaign. These letters claim that the recipients' email accounts will be blocked due to exceeded storage limits - unless they are upgraded. The goal of this spam mail is to push a phishing website that is disguised as an email acco
Robux ransomware encrypts files (and modifies their filenames), changes the desktop wallpaper, and creates the "read_it.txt" file (a ransom note). It renames files by appending a random extension containing four characters. For example, it renames "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.5z5j", "2.jpg" to "2.jpeg.al1d".
Нер is a malicious program belonging to the Xorist ransomware family. It is designed to encrypt data (lock files) to demand files for the decryption. Affected files are renamed: on systems that have the Cyrillic alphabet, they are appended with a ".нер" extension; on those that do not have this al
"Your email account has been reported for spam abuse" is the name of a phishing spam campaign. These scam emails claim that unless recipients verify their email accounts - they will be terminated. It must be emphasized that these letters are fake, and none of their claims are true. This spam mail
DiscoveryHandler is designed to display annoying advertisements and promote a fake search engine. It has the qualities of both advertising-supported software and a browser hijacker. Users download and install apps like DiscoveryHandler unknowingly. For this reason, they fall into the category of
PathNetwork is a rogue app classified as adware. It has browser hijacker qualities as well. Due to the dubious techniques used to distribute PathNetwork, it is also categorized as a PUA (Potentially Unwanted Application). Adware delivers various pop-ups, banners, coupons, surveys, full-p
Stax is malware that belongs to a family of ransomware called Djvu. The purpose of Stax ransomware is to encrypt files and keep them inaccessible until a ransom is paid. It appends the ".stax" extension to the filenames of encrypted files (for example, it renames "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.stax", "2.jpg" t