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What is the makeklick[.]biz site?

Sharing similarities with ctivetothe.online, special-update.online, wcoulditbe.club, and countless others, makeklick[.]biz is an untrustworthy website. Visitors to this page are presented with questionable content and/or redirected to rogue or possibly malicious sites.

Webpages of this type are rarely entered intentionally. Users usually access them via redirects caused by intrusive adverts or PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications) already installed onto their devices.

This software does not need explicit user permission to be installed onto systems. PUAs operate by causing redirects, delivering intrusive advertisement campaigns, and gathering browsing-related information.

What is Template Search?

Template Search is a rogue browser extension advertised as a search tool for free templates. It operates by making changes to browser settings to promote the templatesearch-site.com fake search engine. Due to this, this piece of software is categorized as a browser hijacker.

Additionally, Template Search has data tracking abilities, which are employed to spy on users' browsing activity. Since most users inadvertently download/install browser hijackers, they are also classified as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

What is the news-mosuka[.]cc site?

News-mosuka[.]cc is a rogue website sharing many similar traits with Serch, fewergkit.com, loloclicks.biz, substandid.space, and countless others. This page operates by loading questionable content and/or redirecting visitors to various sites (likely unreliable or malicious ones).

Rogue websites are rarely entered intentionally. Most users get redirected to them by untrustworthy webpages, intrusive advertisements, or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). These apps can infiltrate systems without explicit user permission.

What is Newtab plus?

A browser hijacker is a potentially unwanted application (PUA) that forces users to use a fake search engine (visit its address). It hijacks a browser by changing its settings. Newtab plus is designed to promote the quicknewtab.com address, a fake search engine. This app is a PUA because users rarely download, install browser hijackers knowingly.

What is the Total Privacy browser hijacker?

Total Privacy, or Total Privacy for Chrome™ on Google Chrome browsers, is a piece of rogue software. It is endorsed as a tool to improve users' privacy when browsing. This browser extension operates by promoting the search.wiseghostapp.com fake search engine through modifications to browser settings.

Due to how it operates, Total Privacy is classified as a browser hijacker. Additionally, it spies on users' browsing activity. Since most users download/install browser hijackers inadvertently, they are also categorized as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

What is neehoose[.]com?

Neehoose[.]com is quite similar to boustahe[.]com, fewergkit[.]com, leefmylife[.]info, and a great number of other pages designed to load deceptive messages (or other deceptive content), or open a couple of untrustworthy (sometimes legitimate) websites. It is worth mentioning that it is uncommon for pages like neehoose[.]com to be visited intentionally.

What are the Serch websites?

Serch is the common domain of rogue websites (e.g., serch02[.]biz, serch05[.]biz, etc.). These webpages are designed to load dubious content and/or redirect visitors to other sites (likely unreliable, deceptive/scam, compromised, or malicious ones).

The Internet is rife with webpages similar to Serch; boustahe.com, fewergkit.com, leefmylife.info - are just some examples. Users seldom intentionally access such websites; most get redirected to them by untrustworthy pages, intrusive adverts, or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

This software can infiltrate systems without explicit consent; hence, users may be unaware of its presence. PUAs can have harmful functionalities, including - force-opening sites, running intrusive advertisement campaigns, and collecting browsing-related data.

What is Frost Clipper?

Frost Clipper is the name of a malicious program designed to replace cryptocurrency wallet addresses in the clipboard with the ones owned by the attackers. In other words, cybercriminals use malware like Frost Clipper to steal cryptocurrency. It is known that this malware can be purchased on hacker forums for 500 rubles.

What is Pay Us ransomware?

Pay Us is a ransomware-type malicious program. It operates by encrypting data to demand payment for the decryption. In other words, files affected by this malware are rendered unusable, and victims are asked to pay a ransom - to recover access/use of their data.

During the encryption process, files are appended with the ".pay us" extension. To elaborate, a file initially titled something like "1.jpg" would appear as "1.jpg.pay us", "2.jpg" as "2.jpg.pay us", and so forth. After this process is complete, a ransom note - "read_me.txt" - is dropped onto the desktop.

What is OFF ransomware?

Part of the Dharma ransomware family, OFF is a malicious program designed to encrypt data and demand payment for the decryption. In simple terms, the files affected by this ransomware are rendered inaccessible, and victims are asked to pay for the access recovery.

During the encryption process, files are renamed according to this pattern: original filename, unique ID assigned to the victim, cyber criminals' email address, and ".OFF" extension. For example, a file initially titled "1.jpg" would appear as something similar to "1.jpg.id-C279F237.[tiocapvbu@aol.com].OFF" - after encryption. Once this process is complete, ransom notes are created/displayed in a pop-up window and "FILES ENCRYPTED.txt" text file.