Our research team found the DefaultView application while investigating new submissions to the VirusTotal site. Upon examination, it became evident that DefaultView is adware from the AdLoad malware family. This app runs intrusive advertisement campaigns and might possess other harmful capabilit
After inspecting "Email Is Due For Renewal", we determined that it is spam. This fake letter states that the recipient's mail has almost reached its storage limits and requires an upgrade. This spam campaign aims to deceive victims into entering their log-in credentials into a phishing website.
While investigating a Torrenting website that uses a rogue advertising network, we discovered a deceptive webpage promoting the SoundVolumeView application. It is a PUA (Potentially Unwanted Application), and as such, it likely possesses undesirable or even hazardous functionalities. Additionally
While investigating file submissions to the VirusTotal platform, our researchers discovered the DiscoveryAdmin application. After analyzing DiscoveryAdmin, we learned that it is adware from the AdLoad malware family. Advertising-supported software is designed to generate revenue for its develope
Our research team found the IndexerAdmin application during a routine inspection of new submissions to the VirusTotal website. After examining this app, we determined that it is adware. IndexerAdmin is part of the AdLoad malware family. Adware stands for advertising-supported software. I
Upon thorough examination, it has become evident that gouvevop[.]com is an unreliable website with deceptive content. Its primary function seems to be promoting other dubious pages through notifications and redirects. Users should steer clear of gouvevop[.]com and refrain from consenting to receiv
Upon analyzing hogarlainz.com, we ascertained that it functions as a fake search engine. Our discovery of hogarlainz.com occurred during the examination of a malicious installer. Commonly, fake search engines like hogarlainz.com are propagated through browser hijackers. However, the installer asso
Pegasus is a ransomware-type program discovered by our researchers during a routine investigation of new file submissions to the VirusTotal platform. The sample of Pegasus that we executed on our test machine, encrypted files and altered their titles. Original filenames were appended with an exte
Our research team discovered MetroBrowser while reviewing new file submissions to the VirusTotal site. Upon examination, we determined that this application is advertising-supported software (adware) belonging to the AdLoad malware family. MetroBrowser runs intrusive advertisement campaigns, and
While investigating file submissions to the VirusTotal platform, our researchers discovered the Crocodile Smile ransomware. This malicious program operates by encrypting data and demanding ransoms for the decryption. After we executed a sample of Crocodile Smile on our test machine, it began encr