My Templates is a rogue application that supposedly provides access to design templates. Judging on appearance alone, My Templates may appear legitimate and useful, however, this app is categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and a browser hijacker. There are three main reasons for th
Discovered by MalwareHunterTeam, RAPID RANSOMWARE V3 is an updated variant of the Rapid and Rapid 2.0 viruses. Immediately after infiltration, RAPID RANSOMWARE V3 encrypts most stored files and renames them using the "[random_number].EZYMN" pattern. For instance, "sample.jpg" might be renamed to
Discovered by Michael Gillespie, Sigrun is a ransomware-type virus that stealthily infiltrates the system and encrypts most stored files. During the process, Sigrun appends filenames with the ".sigrun" extension. For example, "sample.jpg" is renamed to "sample.jpg.sigrun". Once encryption is comp
Developers present search.tb.ask.com (also known as int.search.tb.ask.com) as a web search engine that generates improved results and, therefore, enhances, the browsing experience. In fact, ask.com is legitimate, but developers promote search.tb.ask.com in a deceptive way - they employ browser-hi
Similar to searchencrypt.com, search.searchswift.co is a fake web search engine that, according to the developers, enhances the browsing experience by generating improved results. Judging on appearance alone, this site may seem legitimate and useful, however, developers promote it using various b
Everbe is another ransomware-type virus discovered by Jakub Kroustek. It is designed to stealthily infiltrate the system and encrypt most stored files. During the process, Everbe adds the ".[everbe@airmail.cc].everbe" appendix to all filenames (e.g., "sample.jpg" is renamed to "sample.jpg.[everbe@
Developers present The Book Hub as a great tool that provides access to hundreds of e-books. This functionality may seem legitimate and useful, however, The Book Hub is categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and a browser hijacker. There are three main reasons for these negative asso
Recently discovered by malware security researcher, S!Ri, Horsuke is a ransomware-type virus designed to infiltrate the system and encrypt most stored files. During encryption, Horsuke appends filenames with the ".horsuke@nuke.africa" extension (e.g., "sample.jpg" is renamed to "sample.jpg.horsuke
Notepad Pro is a rogue app that claims to be an advanced version of the Windows Notepad application. Judging on appearance alone, Notepad Pro may seem legitimate, however, this app is categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and a browser hijacker. The main reasons for these negative a
CoinCube Miner is a cryptomining script that can be integrated into any website. It employs visitors' computer resources to mine cryptocurrencies. There are a number of similar scripts, and although some are legitimate, cyber criminals design malicious sites and inject them with these cryptominin