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Email Removal Notice Scam

What is Email Removal Notice email scam?

Typically, scammers use phishing emails to trick recipients into providing personal/sensitive information like credit card details, login credentials. Scammers behind this email seek to obtain email account login credentials through a phishing website.

   
GABUTS PROJECT Ransomware

What is GABUTS PROJECT ransomware?

GABUTS PROJECT is a ransomware-type program. It operates by encrypting data and demanding ransoms for the decryption.

Affected files are appended with an ".im back" extension. For example, "1.jpg" would appear as "1.jpg.im back", "2.jpg" as "2.jpg.im back", and so on. Afterwards, a ransom note - "gabuts project is back.txt" - is created. GABUTS PROJECT also changes the desktop wallpaper.

   
!palang Ransomware

What is !palang ransomware?

!palang is ransomware that encrypts files (and modifies their filenames), and generates two ransom notes ("!README!.hta"/pop-up window and "!README!.txt") containing mainly contact information. It renames files by prepending mrpalang@cock.li email address, victim's ID, and appending the ".!palang" extension.

For instance, !palang renames "1.jpg" to "{MrPalang@Cock.li}.ID=6A93A877.1.jpg.!palang", "2.jpg" to "{MrPalang@Cock.li}.ID=6A93A877.2.jpg.!palang", and so on.

   
FocusDeploy Adware (Mac)

What is FocusDeploy?

FocusDeploy is a piece of rogue software classified as adware. It has browser hijacker abilities as well. Since most users download/install such apps inadvertently, they are also categorized as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

   
Captchamodern.top Ads

What is the captchamodern[.]top website?

Captchamodern[.]top is a rogue site designed to load dubious content, push its browser notifications, and/or redirect visitors to other (likely untrustworthy or malicious) webpages. The Internet is rife with such websites; apel.top, verifyrobots.online, news-hoyisa.cc, and liffsandupa.xyz are just some examples.

Rogue pages are typically accessed via redirects caused by suspect sites, intrusive advertisements, or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

   
BeyondLaunch Adware (Mac)

What is BeyondLaunch adware?

BeyondLaunch has two purposes - to generate advertisements and promote a fake search engine. It has the qualities of advertising-supported software and a browser hijacker. It is uncommon for apps of this type to be downloaded and installed knowingly. For this reason, BeyondLaunch falls into the category of potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

   
Towercaptcha.top Ads

What website is towercaptcha[.]top?

Towercaptcha[.]top is designed to use a clickbait technique to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications and open other questionable web pages. It shares similarities with premium-news-for[.]me, arfanbajt[.]xyz, theresults[.]net, and hundreds of other pages. Users do not open them intentionally.

   
Polkadot Giveaway Scam

What is the "Polkadot giveaway" scam?

"Polkadot giveaway" is the name of a scam promoted on various untrustworthy sites. The scheme promises to triple the DOT (Polkadot) cryptocurrency users submit to the "competition". However, any amount users transfer to the digital wallet address provided by this scam - will be simply lost, as it will be stolen by the scammers.

   
BufferRecord Adware (Mac)

What is BufferRecord adware?

BufferRecord functions as adware and a browser hijacker: it generates revenue for its developer by displaying advertisements and promoting a fake search engine. Many of the apps of this type are promoted and (or) distributed using questionable, deceptive methods. Thus, they are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs)

   
OperationValue Adware (Mac)

What is OperationValue?

OperationValue is an adware-type app with browser hijacker qualities. Since most users inadvertently download/install software products within these classifications, they are also considered to be PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

   

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