Developers present search.futuremediatabsearch.com as a "high-experience" Internet search engine that significantly enhances the browsing experience by generating improved results and providing quick access to various popular websites (for example, Facebook, YouTube, IMDb, etc.). Initially, sea
basicquery.com is presented as a "high-experience" Internet search engine that supposedly enhances the browsing experience by generating improved results. Judging on appearance alone, basicquery.com may seem similar to Google, Yahoo, Bing, and other legitimate search engines. Therefore, many us
Developers present wyyo.com as an Internet search engine that generates improved results and, therefore, enhances the browsing experience. Judging on appearance alone, wyyo.com may seem legitimate and useful, however, this website is promoted via rogue download/installation set-ups that modify
softsearches.com is a fake Internet search engine related to DailyWiki adware. By offering improved search results, softsearches.com attempts to give the impression of legitimacy, however, this site is promoted using rogue download/installation set-ups that hijack web browsers and stealthily mod
Developers present search.downloaderpro.online as a "high-experience" Internet search engine that significantly enhances the web browsing experience by generating improved results. Judging on appearance alone, search.downloaderpro.online may seem legitimate and useful, however, this website reco
SeekPriv is a deceptive application that infiltrates systems without consent. Following successful infiltration, SeekPriv causes unwanted redirects (to goto.maxdealz.com), delivers intrusive online advertisements, and continually records various information relating to Internet browsing activity
Discovered by security researcher, Lawrence Abrams, Battlefield is malware based on an open-source ransomware project called Hidden Tear. Once infiltrated, Battlefield encrypts files and appends the ".locked" extension to the name of each encrypted file. For example, "sample.jpg" is renamed to
srchsafe.com is a fake Internet search engine that falsely claims to enhance the web browsing experience by generating improved results and enhancing browser protection. This website is promoted via a deceptive application called SrchSafe. The app usually infiltrates systems without permission,
Nemesis is a ransomware-type virus discovered by Michael Gillespie. Once infiltrated, Nemesis encrypts files and appends filenames with the ".id-victim’s ID_[TOR website URL].63vc4" extension (for example, "sample.jpg" might be renamed to "sample.jpgid-3057868259_[qg6m5wo7h3id55ym.onion.to].63vc4"
EZupdater is a rogue application that supposedly allows users to update installed software and optimize computer performance. Initially, EZupdater may seem legitimate and useful, however, this app is categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and adware. There are three main reasons fo