The Palestinian Civil Police Force message blocks users' computer screens and demands payment of a fine for alleged law violations. This is not a legitimate message, it is a ransomware virus created by cyber criminals to extort money from unsuspecting Palestinian PC users. This fake message makes
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Public Security Directorate message blocks computer users' screens, demanding payment of a $300 (300 Euro or 300 JOD) fine using cashU. This is a scam, a message created by cyber criminals and categorized as a ransomware virus. It aims to trick unsuspecting Jordani
The Spamhaus message reports the following: "You have lost control over your computer. Your system and all your files have been blocked and encrypted because you were spreading the Malware (viruses, Trojans, worms). You are breaking numerous International and USA laws". This is a scam, a ransomwa
The online message, 'Access Restricted!', appears when trying to access popular websites (such as Facebook, YouTube, Google, Bing, etc.) This is a Hosts file hijacker virus, a redirect virus created to coerce unsuspecting PCs users into completing online surveys. Cyber criminals responsible for c
The Searchiu.com website is promoted using free software. This site is closely related to Internet browser hijackers, and thus using this site for daily Internet searches, is not recommended. Computer users often visit this site unwillingly by redirection. These redirect issues are invariably a c
Systemcare-antivirus.org is a malicious website created by cyber criminals also responsible for releasing a rogue antivirus program called System Care Antivirus. Whilst this website may appear legitimate, in fact it was created to clone a previous deceptive business model. This model infected Int
The Globososo.com website is promoted using free software and Internet users are often redirected to this site unwillingly. This is due to the Internet browser settings, homepage, and default search engine being changed to globososo.com without their consent. Moreover, many users report that they
The BigSeekPro.com website is promoted using unwanted browser add-ons and toolbars classed as browser hijackers. The majority of traffic to this website is from visitors inadvertently redirected to it. This site uses a customized Yahoo! search engine and returns legitimate search results, however
The Lebanese Internal Security Forces message demands payment of a $100 (100 Euro or 200,000 Lebanese pounds) fine in order to unblock your computer. This is a scam. This computer screen-blocking message is ransomware created by cyber criminals in order to extort money from unsuspecting PC users f
The Qvo6.com website presents users with a search bar similar to that of Google.com The creators of this website, however, use a deceptive promotion method: redirects to it are applied without computer users' consent when installing free software downloaded from the Internet. Qvo6.com is a rogue