Online Application (online.io by Microleaves) is a rogue application that stealthily infiltrates systems without permission (the "bundling" method). Following infiltration, this app delivers intrusive online advertisements and continually monitors users' Internet browsing activity. For these reas
yokelead.com is presented as an Internet search engine that generates improved results and, therefore, enhances the browsing experience. Judging on appearance alone, yokelead.com barely differs from Bing, Yahoo, Google, and other legitimate search engines. Therefore, many users believe that yokel
Identical to Plugins Button, Open Plugins is a deceptive application that supposedly allows access to browser plug-ins. Judging on appearance alone, Open Plugins may seem legitimate and useful, however, this app usually infiltrates systems without permission. Furthermore, it continually generates
"Windows Firewall Blocked The Internet" is a fake pop-up error message displayed by a malicious website. Users are redirected to this site by various potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) that infiltrate systems during installation of regular software (the "bundling" method). As well as causing re
Ranrans is a ransomware-type virus that stealthily infiltrates systems and encrypts stored data. In doing so, this malware appends names of encrypted files with the ".ranrans" extension (for example, "sample.jpg" is renamed to "sample.jpg.ranrans"). Following successful encryption, Ranrans locks
Plugins Button is a deceptive application that supposedly provides quick access to browser plug-ins. Initially, Plugins Button may appear legitimate and useful, however, this app is categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and adware. There are three main reasons for these negative ass
Superdoctopdf is a rogue application that supposedly allows users to convert various files (for example, MS Office documents) to PDF format. On initial inspection, Superdoctopdf may seem legitimate and useful, however, this app is categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and a browser h
Developers present search.abclauncher.com as a "high-experience" Internet search engine that significantly enhances the browsing experience by generating improved results. Judging on appearance alone, search.abclauncher.com may seem similar to Google, Bing, Yahoo, and other legitimate search engin
Bit paymer is a ransomware-type virus discovered by security researcher, Michael Gillespie. Following successful infiltration, Bit paymer encrypts files and appends filenames with the ".locked" extension (for example, "sample.jpg" is renamed to "sample.jpg.locked"). In addition, this virus create
Discovered by malware security researcher SecGuru, PowerShell is a ransomware-type program. It has been observed being distributed via spam emails (e.g., fake Delivery Status Notification, etc.). The malicious email attachment is a .js file that is compressed twice (zip within a zip). The .js file