Screen Addict is a browser toolbar that supposedly allows users to watch movie trailers, quickly access various streaming sites, and access other movie-related functionality. On initial inspection, search.mysearch.com may seem legitimate and useful, however, due to rogue behavior (stealth install
Identical to search.tv-newtabsearch.com, search.newtabtvsearch.com, and a number of other bogus sites, search.newtabtvgamasearch.com is a dubious website claiming to be an Internet search engine. It also contains quick links to other popular sites such as YouTube, Gmail, IMDb, and many others. On
Rokku is a ransomware designed to stealthily infiltrate the system and encrypt various stored files. It adds a .rokku extension to each compromised file and, thus, it is easy to determine which ones are encrypted. 'README_HOW_TO_UNLOCK.html' and 'README_HOW_TO_UNLOCK.txt' files are then created a
WindowPolicies is a deceptive adware-type application developed by Haho Media. This application usually infiltrates systems without users’ permission. Therefore, it is classed as a potentially unwanted program (PUP). Once infiltrated, WindowPolicies generates intrusive online advertisements, and c
The DLSecure toolbar is developed by Visicom Media. This browser toolbar can be downloaded from its homepage, however, it is often 'bundled' with free software downloaded from the Internet. At time of research, this potentially unwanted application was also bundled with fake downloads such as Java
.Locked is a ransomware-type malware that infiltrates systems via 'trojans'. Once infiltration is successful, this malware encrypts various files stored on the system. To achieve this, ransomware uses the AES-256 encryption algorithm and, therefore, a public and a private key is generated during e
Developers present Free Youtube Download Manager as an application that supposedly allows users to download videos from YouTube - "Free YouTube Downloader Manager is a tool that allows you to download videos from YouTube and convert them to other video formats for free." These fake promises are
Friv Launcher is adware-type program that supposedly allows users to play various Flash games. Some users may believe that this functionality is legitimate, however, Friv Launcher is classed as an unwanted program and adware. After infiltrating systems without users’ consent, Friv Launcher genera
Search.easydialsearch.com is a rogue website that claims to be a legitimate Internet search engine. This website may appear similar to Google, Bing, and other similar Internet search engines and, thus, many users often believe that search.easydialsearch.com is legitimate. In fact, this bogus webs
Identical to musixhub.searchalgo.com, musixmuze.searchalgo.com, movixmuze.searchalgo.com, and a number of other dubious sites, games.searchalgo.com is a deceptive website claiming to be an Internet search engine. The appearance of this site is identical to Google, Bing, Yahoo, and other legitimate