Discovered by Jakub Kroustek and belonging to the Dharma ransomware family, Duk is a malicious program designed to encrypt data and demand payment for decryption. I.e., the files affected by Duk are rendered inaccessible, and victims are asked to pay to recover their data. When Duk ransomware enc
Discovered by malware researcher Jakub Kroustek, Biden is a malicious program belonging to the Dharma ransomware family. Biden ransomware is designed to encrypt files (render them inaccessible/useless) and demand payment for decryption tools/software (access recovery). During the encryption proce
Elantra is malicious software belonging to the Matrix ransomware family. Systems infected with this malware experience data encryption and users receive ransom demands for decryption tools. I.e., affected files are rendered inaccessible/useless, and victims are asked to pay to recover access to th
Private Home is a browser hijacker promoting the keysearchs.com fake search engine. Typically, software within this classification promotes bogus search engines by modifying browser settings, however, Private Home does not actually modify browsers (see below). Additionally, this browser hijacker
Tirp is a malicious program, which is part of the Djvu ransomware family. This malware operates by encrypting data and demanding payment for decryption tools/software. I.e., files affected by Tirp ransomware are rendered inaccessible, and victims are asked to pay a ransom to recover access to them
captcha-verification.systems is a rogue website, similar or identical to crtatix.com, nicenewsupdate.info, newsupdatesky.info, and many more. The site redirects visitors to other untrustworthy (potentially malicious) websites. Most users visit captcha-verification.systems unintentionally - they a
Ransomware is a type of malware that is monetized by designing it to encrypt files and keep them inaccessible unless victims pay a ransom to the attackers. Note that Reig belongs to the family of ransomware called Djvu. Reig encrypts files and appends the ".reig" extension to filenames. For exam
As its name implies, Video Ads Blocker is endorsed as a video advertisement-blocking tool. This fake adblocker is supposedly capable of disabling/removing ads from YouTube and Google, however, rather than eliminating any ads, this browser extension delivers them. Video Ads Blocker also has data t
AdShield is a legitimate ad blocker, however, another website (and possibly others) advertises a fake ad blocker with the same name. The AdShield app available for download on the deceptive web page is advertised as a unique program that blocks online advertisements in browsers or applications, p
"Your mailbox is full" is the name of a spam campaign, a large-scale operation during which deceptive/scam emails are sent by the thousand. The messages distributed through this campaign inform recipients that their email accounts require updates. These spam messages aim to promote a phishing web