First discovered by Jakub Kroustek and belonging to the Dharma ransomware family, Html is a high-risk infection designed to infiltrate systems and encrypt most stored data. During encryption, Html appends filenames with the ".html" extension plus the user's unique ID and developer's email address.
Gerosan is categorized as ransomware, malicious software that is designed to prevent victims from accessing the operating system/data until a ransom is paid. Ransomware encrypts files with a strong cryptography algorithm. Gerosan also changes filenames of encrypted files by adding the ".gerosan" e
Your Photo Editor is a deceptive application that claims to provide functionality allowing users to create various pictures. Initially, this app may seem legitimate and useful, however, Your Photo Editor is categorized as a potentially unwanted application (PUA) and a browser hijacker. There are
Stream2watch provides a streaming service that supposedly allows people to watch live sport free of charge. In fact, it delivers this service illegally. Developers provide this service on a website that uses rogue advertising networks. People who use Stream2watch's website are served with decepti
idp.alexa.51 is a virus/threat detected specifically by Avira, Avast, and AVG anti-virus suites. This malware was first detected in 2016. Note that idp.alexa.51 is not regular malware: it can be an actual infection or a 'false positive'. Research results show that this threat often infiltrates the
Sattelite Earth is a deceptive application that offers GPS-related features. On initial inspection, the website that it promotes (search.hsatteliteearth.com) may seem legitimate and useful, however, Sattelite Earth is categorized as a browser hijacker and a potentially unwanted application (PUA),
ProMediaConverter (also known as ProMediaConverter Promoter) supposedly operates as a file converter that supports various file formats, including audio and video files. It is promoted as tool that converts files directly from the browser, however, note that this application is classified as adwa
Get Easy Coupons is yet another browser-hijacking application that supposedly provides various online shopping coupons and discounts. Judging on appearance alone, Get Easy Coupons may seem legitimate and useful, however, this potentially unwanted application (PUA) promotes a fake search engine (
Myskle is one of many ransomware-type programs designed to prevent victims from accessing their files unless they pay ransoms to the cyber criminals who designed them. This program belongs to the Djvu ransomware family and was discovered by Michael Gillespie. Myskle is designed to change each enc
Discovered by Michael Gillespie and belonging to the Djvu family, Boston is a ransomware-type program. The cyber criminals who developed Boston use it to encrypt files stored on victims' computers and block access to them unless ransoms are paid. It renames each encrypted file by changing the exte