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What is byluxrayor[.]com?

Byluxrayor[.]com is designed to open questionable pages and display deceptive content (byluxrayor[.]com does one or the another after checking visitor's IP address). It is very common for websites of this type to be promoted through other pages pf this kind, potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) and ads that appear mainly on unreliable websites.

What is the deeepmedia[.]biz site?

Sharing many similar traits with trking.xyz, convmusic.com, 1music-online.me, and thousands of others, deeepmedia[.]biz is a rogue website. It operates by presenting visitors with dubious material and/or redirecting them to different unreliable and possibly malicious webpages.

Users usually access such sites unintentionally; most get redirected to them by intrusive advertisements or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). This software can infiltrate systems without explicit user permission. PUAs can have heinous abilities, including - causing redirects, running intrusive advert campaigns, and gathering browsing-related data.

What is PDFConverterSearchMedia?

PDFConverterSearchMedia is a piece of rogue software categorized as a browser hijacker. It modifies browser settings in order to promote the pdfconvertersearchmedia.com fake search engine.

Additionally, most browser hijackers have data tracking abilities, which are used to spy on users' browsing activity. PDFConverterSearchMedia likely has such functionalities as well.

Since users typically download/install browser hijackers inadvertently, they are also classified as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

What is FreeIncognitoSearch browser hijacker?

FreeIncognitoSearch is a browser hijacker because that changes certain settings to promote a fake search engine (the freeincognitosearch.com address). It is uncommon for browser hijackers to be downloaded and installed intentionally. For this reason, FreeIncognitoSearch and other apps of this kind are called potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

What is Spyro ransomware?

Spyro is a malicious program classified as ransomware. It operates by encrypting data and demanding payment for the decryption. In other words, victims cannot access the files affected by Spyro malware, and they are asked to pay - to restore access to their data.

During the encryption process, compromised files are renamed according to this pattern: original filename, cyber criminals' email address, unique ID assigned to the victim, and the ".Spyro" extension. For example, a file initially titled "1.jpg" would appear as something similar to "1.jpg.[BlackSpyro@tutanota.com][MJ-TC4698705132].Spyro" - following encryption.

Once the encryption process is complete, a ransom-demanding message in a text file named "Scratch" is created.

What is Snoopdog ransomware?

Snoopdog encrypts files and renames them by changing their names to a string of random characters and extensions to ".snoopdog" (e.g., it renames "1.jpg" to "FFPK1CD3TO.snoopdog", "2.jpg" to "AE4KL11OMU.snoopdog"). This ransomware creates the "!DECRYPT_FILES.txt" text file as its ransom note - it creates this file in folders containing encrypted data.

What is GoPDFConverterSearch?

GoPDFConverterSearch is a rogue browser extension that makes changes to browser settings - to promote the gopdfconvertersearch.com fake search engine. Due to this, GoPDFConverterSearch is categorized as a browser hijacker.

Additionally, this browser extension likely spies on users' browsing activity, as data tracking abilities are typical of software within this category.

Since most users unintentionally download/install browser hijackers, they are also classified as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

What is Piiq ransomware?

Piiq belongs to the family of ransomware called Djvu. Like most ransomware variants, Piiq encrypts and renames files (appends its extension to their filenames), and generates a ransom demanding message. It renames a file named "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.piiq", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.piiq", and creates the "_readme.txt" file.

What is pushails[.]com?

It is common that pages like pushails[.]com are promoted through potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), shady websites, and dubious advertisements. In other words, users do not visit such pages on their own (intentionally).

There are many websites like pushails[.]com on the Internet. Some examples are news-hot[.]xyz, ro01[.]biz site, and appzery[.]com. It is noteworthy that PUAs often are designed not only to promote untrustworthy websites but also to serve advertisements, collect certain data.

What is DEMON ransomware?

DEMON ransomware was discovered by GrujaRS. This malicious software encrypts files, renames them, creates a ransom message and displays another in a pop-up window. DEMON renames encrypted files by appending the ".DEMON" extension to filenames.

For example, "1.jpg" is renamed to "1.jpg.DEMON" and so on. It also drops the "README.txt" text file (containing the ransom message) in all folders that contain encrypted files.