Search Awesome is an updated version of adware-type applications Wajam and Social2Search. By offering 'improved search results' (including content shared by users' friends on social networks), Search Awesome attempts to give the impression of legitimacy. In fact, this app is categorized as a pote
Identical to tradedoubler.com, mobileofferplace.site, mobytize.mobi, and many others, buzzadexchange.com is a rogue site designed to redirect to other suspicious websites. Research shows that users are often redirected to buzzadexchange.com by various potentially unwanted programs (PUPs). These p
Discovered by malware security researcher, Marcelo Rivero, Oxar is a ransomware-type virus based on an open-source ransomware project called Hidden Tear. Once infiltrated, Oxar encrypts various data. During encryption, this virus appends filenames with the ".OXR" extension. For example, "sample.j
search.mykotlerino.com is presented as a "top-notch" Internet search engine that significantly enhances the browsing experience by generating improved results. Initially, search.mykotlerino.com may seem legitimate and useful, however, developers promote this site by employing rogue download/ins
myallsearch.com is a fake Internet search engine virtually identical to go.myquery.net, searchprivacy.co, jp.salbin.com, and many others. According to the developers, myallsearch.com significantly enhances the Internet browsing experience by generating improved search results. These claims often
FCP is a ransomware-type virus discovered by malware security researcher, Karsten Hahn. Once infiltrated, FCP supposedly encrypts stored data, however, unlike other ransomware-type viruses, this virus does not append filenames with an extension. After successfully "encrypting" files, FCP creates
Developers present search.poreskanaf.com as a "top-notch" Internet search engine that significantly enhances the browsing experience by generating improved results. Judging on appearance alone, this website barely differs from Google, Bing, Yahoo, and other legitimate search engines. Therefore,
According to developers, search.festovshade.com is a "high-quality" Internet search engine that generates improved results and, therefore, enhances the browsing experience. On initial inspection, search.festovshade.com barely differs from Google, Bing, Yahoo, and other legitimate search engines.
Discovered by malware researcher, MalwareHunterTeam, BTCWare is an updated version of a ransomware-type virus called Crptxxx. This ransomware is distributed via a malicious application called "Rogers Hi-Speed Internet". Once infiltrated, BTCWare encrypts files and appends filenames with the ".btc
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