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You've Made The 5-billionth Search POP-UP Scam
Phishing/Scam

You've Made The 5-billionth Search POP-UP Scam

"You've Made The 5-billionth Search" is a scam, which is a part of another scam called "You Have Won A Google Gift" and is distributed through a deceptive website. People commonly visit websites of this type unintentionally - they are redirected to them by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs)

CookieMiner Malware (Mac)
Mac Virus

CookieMiner Malware (Mac)

CookieMiner is high-risk malware that targets the Mac operating system. Following successful infiltration, CookieMiner records personal data. Its main purpose is to steal credentials of various accounts (mostly those relating to cryptocurrencies). This malware also opens a 'backdoor' called EmP

Verizon Email Virus
Phishing/Scam

Verizon Email Virus

"Verizon Email Virus" is a scam distributed using a spam (email) campaign. Cyber criminals use the scam to infect computers with Emotet (a malicious program).  The main purpose of "Verizon Email Virus" is to trick people into clicking a presented website link associated with a malicious document,

.blower Ransomware
Ransomware

.blower Ransomware

There are plenty of ransomware-type infections and .blower is one these malicious programs. As with most rogue software of this type, it is used to encrypt data and blackmail people who have computers infected by it (by demanding ransom payments). They encourage victims to purchase a decryption to

CryptoID Ransomware
Ransomware

CryptoID Ransomware

Ransomware-type programs are malicious programs developed by cyber criminals who use them to encrypt data (lock files) and make ransom demands. CryptoID is an example, which is also known as RICKROLL LOCKER. This is an offline version of another ransomware infection called Aurora. CryptoID was dis

My Best Year Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

My Best Year Adware (Mac)

According to the developers of this app, My Best Year provides users with various daily tips for a better life and a free web search. This app promotes search.getmybestyear.com, a fake search engine. Furthermore, the app itself is categorized as a potentially unwanted application (PUA). Typical

Cosanostra Ransomware
Ransomware

Cosanostra Ransomware

Cosanostra is a malicious program classified as ransomware. Once a computer is infected, users lose access to their files due to encryption. This allows cyber criminals (in this case, Cosanostra's developers) to blackmail victims and demand ransom payments. This particular ransomware is a new var

Smart Mac Cleaner Unwanted Application (Mac)
Mac Virus

Smart Mac Cleaner Unwanted Application (Mac)

The Smart Mac Cleaner app is promoted as being capable of cleaning Mac computers, fixing various issues, and improving performance. I.e. an optimization-oriented application. In fact, this app is categorized as potentially unwanted app (PUA), since developers promote it via the "bundling" metho

Super Mac Cleaner Unwanted Application (Mac)
Mac Virus

Super Mac Cleaner Unwanted Application (Mac)

Super Mac Cleaner (also knows as Super-MacCleanerX, SuperMac Cleaner, Super Mac-Cleaner, Super-Mac Cleaner and SuperMacCleaner) is promoted as a system optimization app for Mac computers. Developers claim that this software scans systems for various issues and then fixes them. Although presente

Air Ransomware
Ransomware

Air Ransomware

Air is high-risk ransomware discovered by malware security researcher, Jakub Kroustek. It is a new variant of ransomware called Dharma. Air is designed to encrypt most stored files and, in doing so, adds the ".air" extension together with the user's unique ID and developers' email address. E.g.,