In affiliate programs, individuals have the opportunity to make money by promoting products or services created by other companies - they can receive a commission for each product that was purchased via their affiliate link. This website promotes legitimate antivirus programs, however, its promoti
UpdateAdmin is designed to serve advertisements, promote 6v5f3l.com and search.basicgeneration.com (fake search engines), and collect sensitive information. This app functions as adware and a browser hijacker. Typically, users do not download or install UpdateAdmin or similar apps intentionally
MixedFin is a typical browser hijacker, which promotes a fake search engine and forces users to visit this address under certain conditions. It also collects browsing-related information. Most users download and install MixedFin and other browser hijackers inadvertently and, therefore, the program
ELDAOSLA is a part of the Phobos ransomware family. It encrypts files, modifies their filenames, creates the "info.txt" text file (a ransom message) and displays a pop-up window (another ransom message). ELDAOSLA renames files by adding victims' IDs, ICQ username owned by its developers, and appen
PowerSuite is advertised as a tool that frees up disk space, and removes junk and duplicate files and unwanted applications, however, it is likely that developers use dubious methods to distribute this program (e.g., a marketing method called "bundling"). Therefore, PowerSuite is categorized as
Hard2decrypt is ransomware that encrypts and renames files, and creates a ransom message for each encrypted file. It renames encrypted files by appending the ".hard2decrypt" extension. More precisely, "1.jpg" is renamed to "1.jg.hard2decrypt", "2.jpg" to "2.jg.hard2decrypt", and so on. Ransom mes
IMovieSearch promotes imoviesearch.com, the address of a fake search engine. Like most apps of this type, it achieves this by changing certain browser settings. IMovieSearch also collects browsing data. Note that browser hijackers are classified as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), since m
CURATOR ransomware encrypts victims' files, modifies the name of each encrypted file by appending its extension, and creates a ransom message (text file) in all folders that contain encrypted files. It renames files by appending ".CURATOR" to filenames. For example, "1.jpg" is renamed to "1.jpg.C
search.basicgeneration.com appears in browser settings after installation of adware/browser hijackers (for example, ExecutiveOperation). This is a fake search engine that does not generate any unique results. Apps that promote fake search engines serve ads and collect various user-system informa
The ExecutiveOperation application functions as adware, a browser hijacker, and as a data collector. It serves advertisements, promotes two fake search engines by changing browser settings, and gathers private, sensitive information. Generally, users download and install ExecutiveOperation and