Discovered by Michael Gillespie, Shadow is a new variant of high-risk ransomware called BTCWare. Following successful infiltration, Shadow encrypts most stored files and appends filenames with the ".[paydayz@cock.li]-id-1360.shadow" extension. For example, "sample.jpg" is renamed to "sample.jpg.[
Email Account Login is presented as a legitimate application that supposedly allows users to access their emails. Judging on appearance alone, search.searchisemail.com may seem legitimate and useful, however, this app typically infiltrates systems without permission and records various sensitive d
"Internet Security Alert" is a fake error message similar to Microsoft Warning Alert, Ransomware Detected, Warning: Hyper-V Manager, and many others. This error is displayed by malicious websites that users often visit inadvertently - they are redirected by unwanted programs that infiltrate syste
Similar to Blind, Napoleon is a ransomware-type virus discovered by malware security researcher, Jakub Kroustek. Once infiltrated, Napoleon encrypts most stored data. During encryption, Napoleon appends filenames with the ".[supp01@airmail.cc].napoleon" extension (e.g., "sample.jpg" is renamed to
First discovered by MalwareHunterTeam, TEST is a new variant of high-risk ransomware called CryptoMix. Immediately after infiltration, TEST encrypts most stored data and renames it using a hexadecimal numeral system (32 characters) and adds the ".TEST" extension to each affected file. For example
Delivered by a malicious website, "Cyber Security" is a fake error similar to Your TCP Connection Was Blocked, You Have A Trojan!, Windows Detected ZEUS Virus, and many others. Research shows that users are often redirected to this website by various potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) that typ
WantMoney is a ransomware-type virus discovered by malware security researcher, Karsten Hahn. Immediately after infiltration, WantMoney encrypts most stored data. From this point, files become unusable. It also changes file type extensions to "ONVUG-JUQQC-INZRP-LJBZQ.Encrypted[B32588601@163.com].
According to the developers, hdmoviesearch.com is a high-end Internet search engine that enhances users' Internet browsing experience by generating improved results. The appearance of hdmoviesearch.com barely differs from Google, Bing, Yahoo, and other legitimate search engines. Therefore, many u
ProPDFConverter is a rogue application developed by Mindspark Interactive Network (also known as IAC Applications). By offering conversion of PDF files to other formats, ProPDFConverter attempts to give the impression of legitimacy, however, this app typically infiltrates systems and stealthily m
Identical to smartoffer.site, primosearch.com, restheet.com, and many others, adplexmedia.com is a rogue website designed to redirect to other dubious sites. The only differences are the target sites to which users are redirected. Research shows that users often visit adplexmedia.com inadvertentl