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Checkingforward POP-UP Scam (Mac)
Mac Virus

Checkingforward POP-UP Scam (Mac)

Checkingforward is a deceptive, scam website used to advertise the Smart Mac Booster app. The site is used to trick people into downloading and installing this app using deception: when opened, the site claims that the computer is infected with malware and offers to install the app to remove the

Full PC Care 2.0 Unwanted Application
Potentially unwanted application

Full PC Care 2.0 Unwanted Application

Full PC Care 2.0 is software that supposedly fixes problems (such as errors) that might be slowing the computer down, uninstalls unwanted programs, and removes malware, however, developers distribute this program by including it in the download or installation set-ups of other software. Typically

Wordorion.com Ads
Notification Spam

Wordorion.com Ads

Sharing many corresponding traits with rumiceseeds.com, courselfan.pro, mediafresh.online and others - wordorion[.]com is a rogue site. It is designed to redirect visitors to compromised/dangerous sites and to push users into consumption of unreliable or even potentially malicious content. Intent

Vakogid.com Ads
Notification Spam

Vakogid.com Ads

Vakogid[.]com is a rogue site, sharing many similarities with checking-your-browser.com, central-messages.com, pushmobilenews.com and many others. It operates by causing unwanted redirects to compromised and potentially malicious sites, as well as delivering untrustworthy and even malignant conten

Laubeyrietechnology.com Redirect
Adware

Laubeyrietechnology.com Redirect

laubeyrietechnology[.]com is a dubious web address associated with Ads X. Research shows that people who click ads displayed by Ads X while searching with Google are forced to visit laubeyrietechnology[.]com and are then redirected to the advertiser's website. I.e., users reach the web page of an

PDFPros Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

PDFPros Browser Hijacker

PDFPros is yet another deceptive application that claims to allow conversion of various documents to PDF format. Its appearance suggests that PDFPros is a legitimate program, however, it is categorized as a potentially unwanted application (PUA) and a browser hijacker. There are three main reason

Getappsonline Browser Hijackers
Browser Hijacker

Getappsonline Browser Hijackers

The behaviour and appearance of Getappsonline browser hijackers is virtually identical. Deceptive marketers offer "unique value" (for example, free online movies) and use this to trick people into installing unwanted browser extensions. Once installed, these apps start to track users' internet br

Transit Schedules Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

Transit Schedules Browser Hijacker

Developer promote Transit Schedules as an app that can be used to search for free public transit routes. Additionally, it includes a web search tool. In fact, this app is a browser hijacker. Transit Schedules changes browser settings to promote a fake search engine (search.htransitschedules.com)

Pedro Ransomware
Ransomware

Pedro Ransomware

Belonging to the Djvu ransomware family, Pedro is a high-risk infection discovered by Michael Gillespie. Following successful infiltration, Pedro encrypts most stored data (thereby rendering it unusable) and appends each filename with the ".pedro" extension (hence its name). For example, "sample.

Dragon Ransomware
Ransomware

Dragon Ransomware

Dragon is a new variant of Aurora ransomware. This version was discovered by Jack. Dragon locks files with the RSA-2048 encryption algorithm and creates a ransom message within the "#DECRYPT_MY_FILES#.txt" file. It renames all encrypted files by adding the ".locked" extension to filenames. For exa