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COVID-19 Relief Email Virus
Phishing/Scam

COVID-19 Relief Email Virus

"COVID-19 Relief" is the subject of a scam email used to infect recipients' systems with ZLoader malware, which injects the Zeus banking Trojan. As as the title/subject implies, "COVID-19 Relief" emails are part of a Coronavirus/COVID-19-themed spam campaign, which is just one of many that exploit

Zoom Virus
Trojan

Zoom Virus

"Zoom virus" is a generic term used to define unwanted or malicious software proliferated under the guise of content relating to the Zoom application/services. Zoom Video Communications is a legitimate conferencing service, providing a cloud-based communication platform that enables people to hav

Youlittmeet POP-UP Scam (Mac)
Mac Virus

Youlittmeet POP-UP Scam (Mac)

Youlittmeet is a family of deceptive web pages. In most cases, such families include web pages designed to advertise potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) like browser hijackers, adware-type applications. Some might be malicious and used to spread rogue programs such as Trojans and ransomware

Protect (Hydra) Ransomware
Ransomware

Protect (Hydra) Ransomware

Protect (Hydra) encrypts files, changes the filenames, and creates a ransom message. It renames all encrypted files by appending the ".protect" extension to filenames. For example, "1.jpg" becomes "1.jpg.protect", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.protect", and so on. Instructions about how to contact the cyber

Wanna Decrypt0r 4.0 Ransomware
Ransomware

Wanna Decrypt0r 4.0 Ransomware

Discovered by dnwls0719, Wanna Decrypt0r 4.0 emulates WannaCry malware and is a malicious program belonging to the Jigsaw ransomware family. This ransomware encrypts the data of infected systems and makes ransom demands for decryption. During the encryption process, all files are appended with the

DisplayProgram Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

DisplayProgram Adware (Mac)

DisplayProgram supposedly improves the browsing experience, however, it simply generates revenue for the developers by serving advertisements. DisplayProgram is adware and also classified as a potentially unwanted application (PUA), since people often download and install it unintentionally. No

Maroceffects.com Ads
Notification Spam

Maroceffects.com Ads

maroceffects[.]com is the address of a rogue web page which, when visited, redirects to other untrusted web pages or loads dubious content. There are many websites similar to maroceffects[.]com on the internet. Some examples are basenews7[.]com, topflownews[.]com and allow-space[.]com. Generally,

Shimpent Trackers Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

Shimpent Trackers Browser Hijacker

Shipment Trackers supposedly allows users to track their packages, and provides quick links to various shopping and social media sites. In fact, this app is a potentially unwanted application (PUA), a browser hijacker that promotes the hp.hshipmentrackers.com and search.hshipmentrackers.com addres

Math Ransomware
Ransomware

Math Ransomware

Discovered by JAMESWT, Math is a malicious program belonging to the Jigsaw ransomware family. It is designed to encrypt (lock) files, change their filenames and display a ransom message in a pop-up window. Math renames encrypted files by appending the ".math" extension to filenames. For example, "

Stompriln POP-UP Scam (Mac)
Mac Virus

Stompriln POP-UP Scam (Mac)

Stompriln is a group of deceptive websites that run various scams. Web pages belonging to this group have been observed promoting the "Dear Safari User, You Are Today's Lucky Visitor" phishing scheme, however, other scams might also be promoted on these sites. Few users access these websites in