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Novaidea.biz Ads
Notification Spam

Novaidea.biz Ads

novaidea[.]biz is an untrustworthy website, sharing many similar traits with myniceposts.com, check-this.news, thefreshposts.com, and thousands of others. Visitors to this web page are presented with dubious content and/or are redirected to other bogus and even malicious web pages. Typically, use

PC Optimizer Pro Unwanted Application
Potentially unwanted application

PC Optimizer Pro Unwanted Application

PC Optimizer Pro is advertised as the best free PC optimization software, however, it is likely that this application is distributed using dubious methods. Users might download and install this type of software inadvertently and, therefore, PC Optimizer Pro is categorized as a potentially unwanted

SkillExplorer Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

SkillExplorer Adware (Mac)

SkillExplorer is an adware-type application with browser hijacker characteristics. Following successful infiltration, this app runs intrusive advertisement campaigns and makes changes to browser settings to promote bogus search engines. Furthermore, adware and browser hijackers usually monitor

DeroHE Ransomware
Ransomware

DeroHE Ransomware

DeroHE is malicious software classified as ransomware. Systems infected with this malware have their data encrypted and users receive ransom demands for decryption. During the encryption process, all affected files are appended with the ".DeroHE" extension. For example, a file originally named so

Purplemedia.biz Ads
Notification Spam

Purplemedia.biz Ads

Websites such as purplemedia[.]biz are not often visited by users intentionally. In most cases, they are opened by other dubious websites, deceptive ads, or installed potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). More examples of web pages similar to purplemedia[.]biz are fast2captcha[.]com, mynicepo

Peachtrackereu.com POP-UP Scam (Mac)
Mac Virus

Peachtrackereu.com POP-UP Scam (Mac)

The main purpose of peachtrackereu[.]com is to promote a potentially unwanted application (PUA), a VPN client that will supposedly protect users' devices. There are two main reasons not to trust such web pages: users often do not visit them intentionally and, once visited, most display fake vir

God Ransomware
Ransomware

God Ransomware

God is a malicious program, which is part of the VoidCrypt ransomware family. Systems infected with this malware have their data encrypted and users receive ransom demands for decryption. During the encryption process, files are renamed following this pattern: original filename, cyber criminals'

Blackheel Ransomware
Ransomware

Blackheel Ransomware

Blackheel encrypts files (and modifies their filenames), changes desktop wallpaper, and creates the "READ_ME.txt" file (ransom message). It renames files by appending ".a" as the extension. For example, "1.jpg" would be renamed to "1.jpg.a", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.a", and so on. Note that Blackheel ra

Emails Sync Failure Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Emails Sync Failure Email Scam

"Emails Sync Failure" is a spam email campaign. The term "spam campaign" refers to a mass-scale operation, during which deceptive emails are sent by the thousand. The messages sent through this campaign are disguised as notifications concerning undelivered emails. The purpose of this scam is to t

Epsilon Ransomware
Ransomware

Epsilon Ransomware

Discovered by GrujaRS, Epsilon is a ransomware-type program. This malware is designed to encrypt the data of infected systems in order to demand payment for decryption. When Epsilon encrypts, all affected files are renamed following this pattern: original filename, cyber criminals' email address,