Discovered by Jakub Kroustek, the Bear virus is a new variant of Dharma ransomware-type infections. Like most infections of this type, Bear is designed to encrypt files and make them unusable until the ransom is paid. It renames each encrypted file by adding the ".Bear" extension and including an
The internet is full of fake search engines, including web-explore.com. This may seem to be a legitimate search engine (similar to Google, Bing, Yahoo etc), however, developers promote it using rogue download/installation set-ups (browser-hijacking set-ups). Most fake search engines adjust browse
The internet is full of fake search engines, including usbing.club, which is just one of the many. This site is similar or identical to other search engines of this type, such as nvsearch.club, beonline.pw, and searchshp.com. Note that usbing.club may seem to be a legitimate search engine (simi
strialdeather.info is one of many rogue websites that is virtually identical to others of this type, including go.oclaserver.com, cobalten.com, and filezog.com. It cause redirects to other dubious/deceptive websites. Generally, users arrive at strialdeather.info unintentionally, since potentially
search.smokyashan.com is a fake Internet search engine that supposedly enhances the Internet browsing experience by generating improved search results. Its appearance barely differs from Google, Yahoo, Bing, and other legitimate search engines. Therefore, many users are tricked into believing t
"Important for your sake" is one of many email scam campaigns used by cyber criminals/scammers to make ransom demands. They threaten to proliferate photos of recipients viewing so-called 'inappropriate' images/videos. Scammers behind this scam claim to be members of a so-called group called
Epoblockl is a high-risk virus and a variant of SYMMYWARE ransomware. It affects computers by encrypting all (or most) stored data. Once files are encrypted, Epoblockl opens a YouTube video, creates a "EPOBLOCKL-NOTE.txt" text file, and renames each encrypted file by adding the ".Epoblockl" extens
"Error: 0xc004f014" is one of many fake virus alert messages usually displayed on untrustworthy and deceptive websites. Generally, users do not visit these websites intentionally - they are redirected by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). These are often installed inadvertently without use
go.oclaserver.com is a rogue website that is very similar (or even identical) to many other websites of this type, such as cobalten.com, filezog.com, amousinded.info, etc. This website redirects visitors to untrustworthy, deceptive websites. Generally, people do not visit go.oclaserver.com willin
search.hyourtelevisionnow.com is one of many fake search engines that are very similar to searcholive.com, findprivate.online, feed.streaming-time.com, etc. This fake search engine is promoted using the Your Television Now application, which is categorized as a potentially unwanted application (PU