POP-UP ads (or simply 'pop-ups) are advertisements that usually appear in smaller windows. Typically, they appear in the foreground of a visited website and thus often conceal underlying content. Their presence is due to installed adware or visited websites that use rogue advertising networks. H
My Forms Suite is a rogue application that supposedly allows users to download various document forms. It is identical to Find My Ancestry, Easy Weather Forecast, Fast Login Email Now, and dozens of other browser-hijacking applications. My Forms Suite may seem to be a legitimate and useful app, h
Smart Search is a browser hijacker, a potentially unwanted application (PUA) that targets browsers used on Mac computers. The app is usually installed through a fake Flash Player updater. After installation on hijacked browsers, Smart Search starts opening dubious websites, forcing users to acc
This ransomware belongs to the Djvu family and was discovered by Michael Gillespie. Like most programs of this type, Neras is used to encrypt data and force victims to pay a ransom. It adds ".neras" to the filename of each encrypted file (for example, "1.jpg" becomes "1.jpg.neras") and creates a r
verytearfoilew[.]info is a rogue website that shares similarities with bodlift.com, markably.info, gatonsenropha.info, and many others. Note that verytearfoilew[.]info redirects users to other rogue websites and presents dubious content. Users generally arrive at this site inadvertently - they ar
Win32/Fuery is the detection name of trojan-type programs. This is a 'generic detection', indicating that the damage caused by trojans identified as Win32/Fuery can differ. In any case, trojans are malicious programs that can cause serious problems. If the installed anti-virus suite has detected W
Identical to Find My Ancestry, Fast Login Email Now, Watch Your TV Shows Now, and many others, Local Weather Radar is a deceptive application that supposedly allows users to check the local weather forecast. Judging on appearance alone, this app may seem legitimate and useful, however, Local Weat
geting[.]pro is yet another rogue site that shares many similarities with newsfrog.me, bodlift.com, markably.info, and many others. This website redirects users to other untrustworthy sites and displays dubious content. Most users arrive at geting[.]pro inadvertently - they are redirected by pote
The F5 Player app supposedly provides online video streaming services. Unfortunately, its installers are used to proliferate adware-type applications, which are "bundled" into F5 Player's installer. Once installed, apps of this type continually deliver intrusive ads and often collect information
informationvine.com is a search engine developed by the company that developed the legitimate Ask search engine (search.ask.com). It displays results identical to the Google search engine, however, they contain various non-secure advertisements. Note that informationvine.com is promoted by rogue