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What is Advance System Care?

Advance System Care is one of many system optimization tools that supposedly cleans, optimizes, and improves computer performance, however, developers distribute this program through the set-ups of other software.

People often download and install these programs inadvertently and, for this reason, they are classified as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). Do not trust Advance System Care or other PUAs. Furthermore, Advance System Care is used to promote other apps of this type called Driver Updater and Driver Tuneup.

What is hp.myway.com?

OnlineFormsDirect is yet another rogue application released by Mindspark Interactive Network. It is advertised for easy access to government forms and is supposedly capable of providing taxation, healthcare, power of attorney (POA), travel, immigration, and various other forms.

Due to the dubious methods used to distribute OnlineFormsDirect, it is classed as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA). It also operates as a browser hijacker and makes unauthorized changes to browsers to promote hp.myway.com, a fake search engine.

Furthermore, OnlineFormsDirect has data tracking capabilities, which it employs to gather information relating to users' browsing activity.

What is ExpandedService?

ExpandedService supposedly helps users to easily browse the web, however, this app is classified as adware. Adware-type programs enable developers to generate revenue by feeding regular users with unwanted ads. Furthermore, adware might also record user-system information.

In most cases, people download and install adware unintentionally and, for this reason, these apps are classed as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

What is sentfromfriend[.]com?

sentfromfriend[.]com is the address of a dubious website that people do not generally visit intentionally. In most cases, these sites are opened by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) installed on browsers. When visited, sentfromfriend[.]com displays dubious content or causes redirects to other untrustworthy web pages.

There are many other sites of this kind online. Some examples are allwebdesignesu[.]info, tiledenherred[.]pro, and pushs-veriprt[.]com. Typically, people install PUAs inadvertently. These apps are often designed to gather various details and/or display advertisements.

What is MedusaHTTP?

MedusaHTTP is the name of malicious software that was recently discovered by Brad Duncan. It is HTTP-based, DDoS botnet malware written using the .NET framework. Cyber criminals use MedusaHTTP to perform DDoS (Denial-of-service) attacks against websites.

MedusaHTTP is also used to attack casino domains, however, cyber criminals might also employ it to attack certain web pages.

What is OmniSphere?

Discovered by Michael Gillespie, OmniSphere is malicious software classified as ransomware. It operates by encrypting data and demanding a ransom payment for decryption tool/software for file decryption. When OmniSphere encrypts files, it renames them with the ".omnisphere" extension.

For example, ".1.jpg" becomes ".1.jpg.omnisphere". After the encryption progress is complete, this malicious program stores a text file ("!DECRYPT_MY_FILES_OS.txt") in each existing folder.

What is allwebdesignesu[.]info?

allwebdesignesu[.]info is an untrustworthy website that displays dubious content or redirects visitors to other untrustworthy web pages. It is virtually identical to many others of this type such as tiledenherred[.]pro, pushs-veriprt[.]com, and soooners[.]biz.

Typically, people do not open these websites intentionally - they are opened by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) that are installed on browsers or operating systems. Generally, PUAs record information relating to users' browsing habits and are often designed to deliver unwanted, deceptive ads.

What is Speedy SystemCare?

Speedy SystemCare, also known as Speedy System Care, is software advertised as a system cleaner and optimizer. It is supposedly capable of improving device performance and removing various threats (malicious and unwanted programs, unnecessary and temporary files, etc.).

Speedy SystemCare is often distributed via the download/install set-ups of other software. This deceptive marketing method is called "bundling". Due to its dubious distribution method, this software is categorized as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA).

What is Auto PC Care?

Auto PC Care (also known as Auto~PC~Care) is software that supposedly cleans, optimizes, and improves computer performance by removing malware, unwanted programs, cleaning invalid registry items, and so on. In fact, developers distribute Auto PC Care by including it into the set-ups of other programs.

Furthermore, people often download and install these additionally-included apps unintentionally. For this reason, Auto PC Care is categorized as a potentially unwanted application (PUA). Auto PC Care is also used to advertise another app of this type called Driver Updater.

What is "K9-MacOptimizer"?

K9-MacOptimizer is software endorsed as an optimizer for the Mac operating system. It is supposedly capable of freeing-up space on the hard drive by removing "junk" and temporary files, securely deleting sensitive and confidential data, etc. K9-MacOptimizer is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA) due to its dubious distribution methods.

I.e., most users are tricked into installing this app, and it is often distributed together with other software. This deceptive marketing method of pre-packing regular content with PUAs is called "bundling".