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Capital Fund International Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Capital Fund International Email Scam

After reading this "Capital Fund International" email, we determined that it is spam. The message is a business offer of sorts, wherein the recipient's company can take out a large loan or receive funding from the sender. This is a scam that likely targets sensitive information or aims to trick vi

Bank Of America - Account Verification Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Bank Of America - Account Verification Email Scam

We have analyzed the message and concluded that it is a phishing email posing as a security notification from the Bank of America. Fraudsters behind this scam email attempt to lure recipients into visiting a fake web page and entering personal details. Recipients are strongly advised not to trust

Vso-protect.co.in Ads
Notification Spam

Vso-protect.co.in Ads

Our team has inspected vso-protect.co[.]in and found that this page is designed to deceive visitors into agreeing to receive its notifications. Web pages like vso-protect.co[.]in should never be permitted to show notifications, as their notifications can promote potentially malicious pages and app

PLU Ransomware
Ransomware

PLU Ransomware

PLU is ransomware that our team discovered while checking samples recently uploaded to the VirusTotal platform. Upon infiltration, PLU encrypts files and changes their filenames. It also drops a ransom note ("IMPORTANT.txt") and changes the desktop wallpaper. An example of how PLU renames files:

WorldMillions Lotto Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

WorldMillions Lotto Email Scam

We have inspected the email and concluded that its purpose is to deceive recipients into transferring money to scammers (e.g., paying for fake services) and (or) disclosing personal information. Scammers disguised this fraudulent message as a winning notification to lure unsuspecting recipients. T

Resdfirewall.co.in Ads
Notification Spam

Resdfirewall.co.in Ads

Resdfirewall.co[.]in is a rogue page discovered by our researchers during a routine investigation of suspicious websites. This webpage promotes browser notification spam and redirects users to other (likely dubious/dangerous) sites. Most visitors to pages like resdfirewall.co[.]in enter them throu

Choose Your Chrome Tools Unwanted Extension
Adware

Choose Your Chrome Tools Unwanted Extension

"Choose Your Chrome Tools" is a piece of unwanted software endorsed as a browser extension management tool. It supposedly allows users to customize what extensions are active on which websites. Instead, the Choose Your Chrome Tools extension can make changes to browser appearance and behavior, as

Browser WatchDog For Chrome Unwanted Extension
Adware

Browser WatchDog For Chrome Unwanted Extension

While investigating suspicious sites, our researchers discovered the "Browser WatchDog for Chrome" unwanted browser extension. It is promoted as a tool for improving the browsing experience by removing undesirable/dangerous extensions. Browser WatchDog for Chrome collects sensitive browsing data a

Browser Checkup For Chrome By Doctor Unwanted Extension
Adware

Browser Checkup For Chrome By Doctor Unwanted Extension

Browser Checkup for Chrome by Doctor is a browser extension that claims to enhance browser speed and eliminate "freezing" issues by removing "parasitic" extensions. Instead of delivering the functionality, this piece of unwanted software spies on users' browsing activity and can change browser app

Looking For Relationship Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Looking For Relationship Email Scam

Our inspection of the email has uncovered that it is a typical romance scam. Fraudsters behind such schemes usually aim to exploit the victim financially. Scammers can also use such emails to trick individuals into disclosing personal information. This and similar emails should be ignored to avoid