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What is allhotfeed[.]com?

Allhotfeed[.]com is an untrustworthy website designed to present visitors with dubious content and/or redirect them to other sites (likely unreliable or malicious ones). There are thousands of webpages of this type on the Internet; yourseismo.top, newssysstem.org, and check-this-video.com are but a few examples.

Users seldom internationally access such sites. Most get redirected to them by suspect websites, intrusive advertisements, or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). This software can infiltrate systems and subsequently cause redirects, run intrusive advert campaigns, and gather browsing-related data.

What is the Cleanup required right now! scam?

The "Cleanup required right now!" fake notification appears on a deceptive website designed to trick Android users into installing a potentially unwanted application (PUA) that is supposed to speed up a device. Typically, websites of this kind are promoted through other shady websites, deceptive ads, and PUAs.

What is SkilledRecord?

SkilledRecord is a rogue application classified as adware. It has browser hijacker qualities as well. This app operates by delivering intrusive advertisement campaigns and promoting fake search engines through modifications to browser settings. Additionally, SkilledRecord likely has data tracking abilities.

Since most users inadvertently download/install adware and browser hijackers, they are also categorized as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). SkilledRecord has been observed being distributed via fake Adobe Flash Player updates. It is noteworthy that fraudulent updaters/installers proliferate not only PUAs but also malware.

What is FreeSearchMusic?

FreeSearchMusic is a potentially unwanted application (PUA), a browser hijacker designed to alter web browser's settings. It changes settings to promote freesearchmusic.com - a fake search engine. FreeSearchMusic is a PUA because users rarely download and install browser hijackers knowingly.

What is the yourseismo[.]top site?

Sharing many similarities with newssysstem.org, check-this-video.com, beta-news.org, boffero.com, and thousands of others, yourseismo[.]top is a rogue website. It operates by loading dubious material and/or redirecting visitors to various sites (likely unreliable or malicious).

These webpages are seldom accessed intentionally; most users enter them via redirects caused by rogue websites, intrusive ads, or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). This software can infiltrate systems without user permission and subsequently cause redirects, deliver intrusive advert campaigns, and collect browsing data.

What is BestSearchPDF?

BestSearchPDF is a browser hijacker promoting the bestsearchpdf.com fake search engine. This rogue extension modifies browser settings in order to cause redirects to its web searcher. BestSearchPDF likely spies on users' browsing activity as well. Due to the questionable methods used to distribute browser hijackers, they are also classified as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

What is email virus?

As a rule, emails used to deliver malware are disguised as important, official letters from legitimate companies, organizations, or other entities. The main purpose of these emails is to trick recipients into opening a malicious attachment or a file downloaded via the provided website link. By opening that file, users infect their computers with malware.

What is the "B, S, Tab, A, F, Enter" CAPTCHA scam?

"B, S, Tab, A, F, Enter" is a CAPTCHA scam. This scheme appears as a pop-up window requesting users to verify that they are not a robot. The genuine CAPTCHA ("Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart") is a challenge-response test to determine whether the user is human or an automated user (i.e., bot).

These tests are common throughout the Web; hence, CAPTCHA is an often-used disguise for scams. The scheme in question - asks users to press specific keys to bypass the Google Chrome browser warning about a malicious file pending download and to confirm it. This scam has been observed being used to proliferate the Ursnif trojan.

What is ExpandedActivity adware?

ExpandedActivity is designed to display unwanted advertisements and promote a fake search engine by modifying browser's settings. In other words, ExpandedActivity is designed to function as an adware-type application and a browser hijacker. Like most apps of this type, it is distributed using deceptive methods.

What is Karen ransomware?

Typically, ransomware encrypts files and provides contact information. It is also common that malware of this type renames encrypted files (for example, it appends its extension to their filenames). Karen ransomware creates the "README.txt" text file and appends the ".karen" extension (e.g., it renames "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.karen", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.karen").