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Palnk.pw Ads
Notification Spam

Palnk.pw Ads

Practically identical to jioer.pro, mybestnewz.com, mypushz.com and thousands of others, palnk[.]pw is a rogue site. Visitors to this web page are presented with dubious material and/or are redirected to other untrusted or possibly malicious websites. Most users do not enter palnk[.]pw intentiona

Arttowardstic.club Ads
Notification Spam

Arttowardstic.club Ads

arttowardstic[.]club is one of many untrustworthy web pages that are designed to open other websites of this kind or load dubious content. The site is similar to jioer[.]pro, news-gg[.]com, urt-news1[.]club and many others. Commonly, these web pages are opened by browsers that have potentially un

CRPTD Ransomware
Ransomware

CRPTD Ransomware

CRPTD is a malicious program categorized as ransomware. It is designed to encrypt the data of infected systems in order to demand payment for decryption. During the encryption process, all affected files are appended with the ".CRPTD" extension. For example a file originally named something like "

ID SafeXpress Unwanted Application
Potentially unwanted application

ID SafeXpress Unwanted Application

ID SafeXpress is advertised as a tool which allows users to remove/clean any privacy-related issues on their computers. Note that its developers use dubious methods to distribute this software and, therefore, ID SafeXpress is categorized as a potentially unwanted application (PUA). ID SafeXp

Search.trustenviroment.com Redirect (Mac)
Mac Virus

Search.trustenviroment.com Redirect (Mac)

search.trustenviroment.com is the address of a fake search engine. It is fake, since it does not generate any unique results. Generally, fake search engines addresses are promoted by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) that are classified as browser hijackers. Note that adware can also pro

Microsoft Important Alert POP-UP Scam
Phishing/Scam

Microsoft Important Alert POP-UP Scam

"Microsoft Important Alert" is a tech support scam, promoted on various deceptive web pages. At the time of research, this scheme was promoted through the legitimate Amazon AWS (Amazon Web Services). The scam claims that users' computers have been infected with "Pornographic Spyware and riskware"

Trojan Spyware Alert POP-UP Scam
Phishing/Scam

Trojan Spyware Alert POP-UP Scam

Scammers behind this tech support scam attempt to trick unsuspecting visitors into believing that their computers are infected with a Trojan and/or Spyware and calling the provided number. They attempt to trick users into paying for unnecessary services, software, or even to provide remote access

TRAPGET Ransomware
Ransomware

TRAPGET Ransomware

TRAPGET is a variant of NEFILIM ransomware. This variant was discovered by GrujaRS and is designed to encrypt victims' files, modify their filenames and create the "TRAPGET-INSTRUCTION.txt" text file - a ransom message with instructions about how to contact the ransomware developers, and various o

FractionData Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

FractionData Adware (Mac)

FractionData is an adware-type application with browser hijacker characteristics. Following successful infiltration, this app delivers intrusive advertisement campaigns, makes modifications to browser settings and promotes fake search engines. On Safari browsers, FractionData promotes z6airr.com

WebQuestSearch Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

WebQuestSearch Adware (Mac)

WebQuestSearch serves advertisements and changes certain browser settings (promotes a fake search engine address). It might also be designed to gather information relating to users' browsing habits and various other details. In this way, WebQuestSearch functions as adware and a browser hijacker.