NetMovieSearch is a browser hijacker promoting the netmoviesearch.com illegitimate search engine. Following successful installation, this piece of software modifies browser settings in order to promote the netmoviesearch.com web searcher. Additionally, most browser hijackers have data tracking ab
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Discovered by dnwls0719, Poliex is a ransomware-type program. It operates by encrypting data (rendering files inaccessible) and demanding payment for the decryption (access recovery). During the encryption process, affected files are appended with the ".Poliex" extension. For example, a file orig
Start Movie DS is a browser hijacker designed to change a browser's settings to search.movieapp.net (to promote a fake search engine). Browser hijackers are called potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) - users rarely download and install them knowingly, intentionally. Most browser hijac
"Olmetex email virus" refers to a malware-proliferating spam campaign - a large-scale operation during which thousands of deceptive/scam emails are sent. The letters distributed through this campaign are disguised as purchase orders from Olmetex. This name belongs to a genuine company specializin
Movie Quick Tab is a rogue browser extension, which promotes the quicknewtab.com fake search engine. This piece of software operates by modifying browser settings in order to cause redirects to quicknewtab.com. Due to this behavior, it is classified as a browser hijacker. Additionally, Movie Quic
Nmc ransomware encrypts files, modifies their filenames and generates two ransom demanding messages (displays a pop-up window and creates the "info.txt" text file). It renames files by adding the victim's ID, nomanscrypt@tuta.io email address, and ".nmc" extension to their filenames. For example,
Belonging to the Dharma ransomware family, ZEUS is a malicious program designed to encrypt data and demand ransoms for the decryption. In other words, this malware operates by rendering files inaccessible/unusable - to demand payment for access/use restoration. During the encryption process, file
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Ddsg is a ransomware variant that belongs to the Djvu family. It prevents victims from accessing their files by encrypting them and keeps files inaccessible until they are decrypted with the right decryption tool. Also, this ransomware appends the ".ddsg" extension to the filenames of all encrypte