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Informationvine.com Redirect

What is informationvine.com?

informationvine.com is a search engine developed by the company that developed the legitimate Ask search engine (search.ask.com). It displays results identical to the Google search engine, however, they contain various non-secure advertisements.

Note that informationvine.com is promoted by rogue apps (browser extensions), which are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

   
Deloplen.com POP-UP Ads

What is deloplen.com?

Similar to checkpost.space, pushmenews.com, lodder.club, and many others, deloplen.com is a rogue website designed to deliver dubious content and cause redirects. As with the aforementioned websites, users often visit deloplen.com inadvertently.

They are redirected by intrusive advertisements (displayed on other rogue sites) and potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), which usually infiltrate computers without permission. In addition to causing redirects, PUAs generate intrusive advertisements and gather information relating to internet browsing habits.

   
DanaBot Trojan

What is DanaBot?

DanaBot is a high-risk trojan-type virus designed to infiltrate the system and gather various sensitive information. Research shows that developers proliferate DanaBot using spam email campaigns.

Users receive random emails with deceptive messages that encourage them to open attached MS Office documents. Once opened, these attachments stealthily download and install DanaBot.

   
Newsfrog.me Ads

What is newsfrog[.]me?

newsfrog[.]me is a rogue website designed to feed users with dubious content and redirect them to other untrustworthy websites. It is virtually identical to bodlift.comwithingadvertly.proughitilagu.info, and dozens of others.

Most users end up visiting newsfrog[.]me inadvertently - they are redirected by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) or intrusive advertisements delivered by other rogue sites. Furthermore, PUAs usually infiltrate computers without permission and, as well as causing redirects, continually record user-system information and deliver intrusive advertisements.

   
One Click Speedup Unwanted Application

What is One Click Speedup?

One Click Speedup is classed as a potentially unwanted application (PUA), since people usually install it on their computers inadvertently. This PUA is promoted by bundling it into set-ups of other software, however, people can also download One Click Speedup from its official website.

This program supposedly optimizes the system and improves performance through fixing errors, uninstalling unwanted programs, and so on.

   
Auto PC Speedup Unwanted Application

What is Auto PC Speedup?

Auto PC Speedup is advertised as a system optimization tool that cleans computers, fixes errors, allows users to remove unwanted programs, enhances system performance, and so on. Auto PC Speedup can be downloaded from its website, however, it is also bundled into set-ups of other software.

People often download and install these programs unintentionally. For this reason, Auto PC Speedup is classified as a potentially unwanted application (PUA).

   
Online Shopping Coupons Browser Hijacker

What is Online Shopping Coupons?

Online Shopping Coupons is a rogue application that claims to save money by providing discount coupons for various online shops. This functionality may seem legitimate and useful, however, this application typically infiltrates computers without users' consent.

Additionally, Online Shopping Coupons promotes a fake search engine (search.searchtxosc.com) and monitors browsing activity. Therefore, it is categorized as a potentially unwanted application (PUA) and a browser hijacker. It is known that updated variants of this browser hijacker promote search.onlinecouponstab.com fake search engine.

   
LooCipher Ransomware

What is LooCipher?

Discovered by Petrovic, LooCipher is a ransomware program that encrypts data, thereby denying access to files. To decrypt their data, victims are encouraged to pay for a decryption key (in effect, pay a ransom).

LooCipher is designed to change the wallpaper, display a pop-up window, and create a ransom message within the "@Please_Read_Me.txt" file. It also renames all encrypted files by adding the ".lcphr" extension. For example, "1.jpg" becomes "1.jpg.lcphr".

   
Alpha KeyLogger

What is Alpha KeyLogger?

Alpha KeyLogger is a keystroke logger, a tool that allows people (typically, cyber criminals) to record keys pressed by users via the keyboard and also mouse actions. This software is advertised on hacker forums and can be purchased by anyone.

Generally, cyber criminals try to trick unsuspecting people into installing this tool so that they can steal passwords and other confidential information.

   
middleman2020 Ransomware

What is middleman2020?

middleman2020 is yet another ransomware-type infection discovered by Michael Gillespie. Once infiltrated, middleman2020 encrypts most stored data, thereby rendering it unusable. Additionally, middleman2020 appends filenames with the ".middleman2020" extension (hence its name).

For example, "sample.jpg" is renamed to "sample.jpg.middleman2020". Additionally, middleman2020 creates a text file called "!INSTRUCTI0NS!.TXT" and stores a copy in every existing folder.

   

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