advisurf.com is one of many fake search engines. Some examples of other similar or identical search engines are web-explore.com, navig-gg.com, and maxsearch.live. These sites and advisurf.com may seem legitimate, since their appearance is similar to popular search engines such as Google. In fact,
organicalews.info is a deceptive website virtually identical to notify-lastnews.online, strialdeather.info, go.oclaserver.com, and many others. It redirects users to various other dubious sites. Research shows that visitors usually arrive at organicalews.info inadvertently - they are redirected by
feed.prospeedcheck.com is a fake search engine (similar or identical to search.hyourtelevisionnow.com, searcholive.com, findprivate.online, and many others). Like most search engines of this type, feed.prospeedcheck.com is promoted using a browser hijacker (a potentially unwanted application or PU
INFOWAIT is a virus, a high-risk ransomware-type computer infection that was discovered by Emmanuel_ADC-Soft. It belongs to the DATASTOP ransomware family (a new variant). INFOWAIT is designed to encrypt (lock) files and rename them by adding the ".INFOWAIT" extension. For example, once encrypted
Remcos (Remote Control and Surveillance) is a Remote Access Tool (RAT) that anyone can purchase and use for whatever purpose they wish. The tool itself is is presented as legitimate, however, although Remcos's developers strictly forbid misuse, some cyber criminals use this tool to generate revenu
"Dirty secrets of your life" is just one of many spam email campaigns used by scammers who threaten people by claiming that they have obtained compromising material, which they will proliferate unless ransoms are paid. In fact, this is a scam. Emails sent by spam campaigns should never be trusted.
Cyber criminals use the Ghost ransomware-type virus to infect systems and encrypt data, thereby making it unusable until the ransom demands are met. Ghost was discovered by MalwareHunterTeam. Once a computer is infected, this virus renames all encrypted files by adding the ".Ghost" extension. For
ARGUS is a ransomware-type virus discovered by Amigo-A. Following successful infiltration, ARGUS compromises (encrypts) most stored data using an RSA-2048 encryption algorithm. It also appends filenames with the ".ARGUS" extension (e.g., "sample.jpg" is renamed to "sample.jpg.ARGUS"). Encrypted d
Vapor is a ransomware virus designed to encrypt victims' files and make ransom demands. Vapor developers use an AES cryptography algorithm to encrypt files. Once files are locked, they become unusable. Vapor renames each encrypted file by adding the ".Vapor" extension. For example, "1.jpg" become
Fire (a new variant of Dharma) is a high-risk virus that is categorized as ransomware. This infection was discovered by Jakub Kroustek and is designed to infect operating systems and lock all files by encryption. All encrypted files are renamed by adding the ".fire" extension plus an ID and email