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International promotion of postal services POP-UP Scam
Phishing/Scam

International promotion of postal services POP-UP Scam

"International promotion of postal services" is a scam proliferated by deceptive/scam sites. It operates by congratulating visitors that they have been chosen by Company Control Service and "the international share of postal services" as one of several hundred annual "Happy e-mail" winners. Users

Rote Ransomware
Ransomware

Rote Ransomware

Rote belongs to the Djvu ransomware family. It encrypts victim's data, changes the filename of each encrypted file, and creates a text file that contains instructions about how to contact cyber criminals and other details. It renames encrypted files by appending the ".rote" extension to filenames

Zobm Ransomware
Ransomware

Zobm Ransomware

Discovered by Amigo-A, Zobm ransomware is a part of the Djvu family of ransomware-type malware. Like most programs of this type, it encrypts (locks) data, creates a ransom message, and adds its extension to each encrypted file. Zobm creates the "_readme.txt" file and appends the ".zobm" extension.

Gov Tax Info Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

Gov Tax Info Browser Hijacker

Gov Tax Info is a browser hijacker, which is advertised as a tool for easy access to various governmental forms. It can supposedly provide medical, travel, and revenue forms, and also news, weather forecasts, and email service web sites. In fact, it changes browser settings to promote a fake searc

Deuce Ransomware
Ransomware

Deuce Ransomware

Deuce is a ransomware-type program, designed to encrypt data and demand ransom payments for decryption. The program belongs to the Phobos ransomware family. During the encryption process, all files are renamed with the victim's ID number, developer's email address, and ".deuce" (".id[victim's_ID].

Private-show.live Ads
Notification Spam

Private-show.live Ads

private-show[.]live is the address of a website that can load dubious content or open other rogue web pages. Many other websites operate in this way. For example, sonagerthrou[.]com, bestgamesvault[.]com, and bestflowingstuff[.]co. Generally, people do not visit these sites intentionally - they a

Total Mac Care Unwanted Application (Mac)
Mac Virus

Total Mac Care Unwanted Application (Mac)

Total Mac Care software is promoted as a MacOS (Mac Operating System) cleaning tool. It is supposedly capable of improving startup times and enhancing system performance by removing unnecessary and potentially harmful content. Total Mac Care is categorized as a Potentially Unwanted Application (

Search Defender Live Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

Search Defender Live Browser Hijacker

Identical to Search Defender Prime, Search Defender Live is an app which supposedly makes web browsing more secure. It is virtually identical to Search Defender Prime: it change browser settings and gathers various browsing data. Note, however, that they both promote a different fake search engine

Recall Alerts Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

Recall Alerts Browser Hijacker

Recall Alerts is a rogue application endorsed as a multi-purpose tool. It can allegedly provide quick and easy access to product recalls (purchase returns due to safety issues and/or defects), safety services, weather forecasts, news, and email provider websites. This app is classified as a brows

2048 Ransomware
Ransomware

2048 Ransomware

2048 is a malicious program which belongs to the Dharma ransomware family. Software of this type is designed to encrypt data so that victims are unable to regain access to their files without paying ransoms to cyber criminals. 2048 changes each encrypted file by adding an ID, an email address, and