Phishing emails attempt to trick recipients into infecting their computers with malware. They usually contain a malicious attachment or website link. Recipients install malware when they download and open the malicious attachment/file. Most phishing emails claim to be official, important messages
fastcaptchasolver[.]com is a rogue site that shares similarities with uploadhub.co, financeflick.com, captchatopsource.com, and many others. When this website is visited, users are redirected to other untrusted/malicious pages and/or are presented with dubious content. Sites of this type are rare
fypretailo[.]top is an untrusted website that users do not often visit intentionally. These sites are promoted via other bogus web pages, dubious advertisements, and potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). Typically, users do not download or install PUAs intentionally. These rogue apps display a
BestSearchConverter is rogue software classified as a browser hijacker. It operates by making modifications to browser settings to promote the bestsearchconverter.com fake search engine. Additionally, BestSearchConverter gathers browsing-related information. Since most users download/install brow
DarkWorld File Crypter is a type of malware that is designed to prevent victims from accessing their files by encryption. Files can only be decrypted by paying a ransom (not recommended). This particular ransomware renames encrypted files by appending the ".dark" extension. For example, "1.jpg" i
Discovered by Petrovic, Erica is data-encrypting ransomware. Systems infected with this malware have their files locked and renamed, and users receive ransom demands for decryption of files to regain access to their data. During the encryption process, affected files are appended with a random ch
uploadhub[.]co and similar sites are often opened after clicking dubious advertisements, visiting bogus websites, or by installed potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). Most users do not visit these web pages intentionally. Examples of similar sites are videogate1[.]com, financeflick[.]com and
The SearchConverterPro changes browser settings to promote searchconverterpro.com, the address of a fake search engine. It is likely that SearchConverterPro also gathers browsing-related information. Most users do not download or install browser hijackers intentionally and, for this reason, apps
FreeSearchConverter is a browser hijacker promoting the freesearchconverter.com fake search engine. This piece of software operates by assigning browser settings to its associated web search engine address. Additionally, FreeSearchConverter collects browsing-related data. Since most users downloa
youtube-to-mp3[.]org is a YouTube downloader website, offering a service to convert YouTube video URLs (links) to MP3 and MP4 files, which users can download. As well as infringing copyright laws, this web page also uses rogue advertising networks. Therefore, by opening/using youtube-to-mp3[.]org