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Maersk Email Virus
Phishing/Scam

Maersk Email Virus

"Maersk Email Virus" is categorized as a spam campaign and a scam. Like most spam campaigns of this type, cyber criminals (scammers) use it to infect people's computers. To achieve this, they attach a malicious file (or include a website link leading to it) and hope that someone will open it. In

Search.margamish.com Redirect (Mac)
Mac Virus

Search.margamish.com Redirect (Mac)

search.margamish.com is a fake search engine that is promoted as 'useful' and supposedly provides various features (enhanced browsing experience, faster searchers, more accurate search results, and so on). This may seem to be a legitimate search engine, however, it is promoted using a browser hi

Tefosteal Malware
Trojan

Tefosteal Malware

Tefosteal, as its name suggests, is a malicious program that tracks and steals information. It targets data such as cookies and various other credentials from browsers, data from Discord chats, information about basic service set identifiers (BSSIDs), and other system information. It is also capab

Belonard Trojan
Trojan

Belonard Trojan

Belonard is a trojan-type virus that targets Counter Strike 1.6 players. This malware infiltrates computers by exploiting remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in the game client. After successful infiltration, Belonard modifies the game client to promote various servers, delivers ads, and s

CrimsonRAT Malware
Trojan

CrimsonRAT Malware

CrimsonRAT is remote access tool (RAT) developed using the Java programming language. Note that CrimsonRAT is categorized as malware and is not a legitimate application. Cyber criminals use this RAT to control infiltrated computers and perform various malicious tasks. Criminals proliferate Crimso

bestMovies Now Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

bestMovies Now Browser Hijacker

Developers promote bestMovies Now as a useful app that provides a movie-oriented search engine and a "To Do List". In fact, the search engine that it promotes (movix.eanswers.com) is fake. Furthermore, bestMovies Now is a potentially unwanted application (PUA), a browser hijacker, since most peopl

Apple.com-macos-fast-systems.live POP-UP Redirect (Mac)
Mac Virus

Apple.com-macos-fast-systems.live POP-UP Redirect (Mac)

The apple.com-macos-fast-systems.live website cannot be trusted. It is very similar to other websites of this type including apple.com-speed-macos.live, apple.com-clean-os.live, and apple.com-cleaning-os.live.  The main purpose of this deceptive website is to trick visitors into downloading a p

New Browse Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

New Browse Browser Hijacker

New Browse is a browser app that, according to its developers, makes everyday browsing easier, faster, and enjoyable. It offers faster searches, accurate search results, and some additional features. This may seem to be a legitimate app, however, it is categorized as a potentially unwanted applic

This Account Was Recently Infected Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

This Account Was Recently Infected Email Scam

Scammers distribute "This account was recently infected" scam emails to many people hoping that someone will be tricked. The main purpose is to blackmail people by making claims about having recorded a compromising video that they will proliferate unless they receive the requested payment (in a cr

Kroput Ransomware
Ransomware

Kroput Ransomware

Discovered by Michael Gillespie, Kroput is a ransomware-type virus that belongs to the Djvu malware family. Kroput is designed to stealthily infiltrate computers and encrypt most stored files. During this procedure, Kroput adds the ".kroput" extension to the name of each encrypted file (e.g., "sam