"Microsoft detected malicious virus and blocked your computer" is one of many technical support scams designed to trick people into believing that their systems are infected. Scammers use them to extort money from unsuspecting people by encouraging them to call the telephone number provided. These
Scammers use the "Cameras and a mic start recording" spam campaign/scam to trick people into transferring cryptocurrency funds to them. They claim that they have recorded a compromising video of the recipient and threaten to share it with other people unless their demands are met. This spam campai
Bitrep (also known as Trojan: Win32/Bitrep.A) is a trojan-type infection that infiltrates the system and performs various malicious tasks. Note that trojans of this type infiltrate computers stealthily, without users' consent. Cyber criminals often proliferate them using other trojans (chain infec
The Registry Mechanic program supposedly allows computers to run faster and also cleans them. According to the developers, it can improve computer performance by removing junk files, fixing and cleaning the registry, and optimizing browsers. In fact, this is a malicious program known as Trojan.Cli
Microsoft Cleaner is promoted as a program that cleans junk files, boosts memory, cleans and fixes the registry, optimizes browsers, and so on. Developers present it as a legitimate system optimization tool, however, it also operates as a Trojan.Clicker, a malicious program used to perform 'click
Discovered by Jakub Kroustek, DDOS is yet another ransomware infection from the Dharma family. DDOS is designed to stealthily infiltrate the system and encrypt most stored files. During encryption, DDOS renames each file by appending the ".DDOS" extension plus the victim's unique ID and developer'
Bible Verses is promoted as a useful app that provides verses from the Bible, however, it is actually a potentially unwanted application (PUA) that operates as a browser hijacker. It promotes search.hbible-verses.app, a dubious (fake) search engine by making changes to browser settings. It also c
The PLUT program was discovered by Jakub Kroustek and belongs to the Dharma ransomware family. This software is used to encrypt data and block access to it until a ransom is paid. Ransomware victims are forced to purchase a decryption tool/key. Furthermore, PLUT adds the ".PLUT" extension to every
Jack is high-risk ransomware that belongs to a family of ransomware infections called Dharma. This malware was first discovered by cyber security researcher, Jakub Kroustek. After successful infiltration, Jack encrypts most stored data and appends filenames with the ".jack" extension plus the vict
The search.privatesearch.online website operates as a search engine, however developers promote it using a browser hijacker called Private Browsing by Safely. Browser hijackers are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). The search engines that they promote are generally useless