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Ndmeeting.fun Ads

What is ndmeeting[.]fun?

There is a great number of pages like ndmeeting[.]fun on the Internet. Some examples are dollarsurvey365[.]online, rdsb21[.]club, and bengekoo[.]com.

Usually, the content on these pages is not trustworthy, often deceptive, and they are used to promote other questionable websites. It is important to mention that users do not visit sites like ndmeeting[.]fun intentionally.

Typically, they are promoted through shady advertisements, other unreliable websites, or potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) that most users download and install unknowingly.

   
Your iPhone Was Hacked After Visiting An Adult Website POP-UP Scam (Mac)

What is "Your iPhone was hacked after visiting an Adult website"?

There are various ways to trick users into downloading and installing potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). One of them is design websites to display a fake virus notification (or multiple notifications) claiming that a device is infected with a virus (or a number of viruses) and encouraging to remove it with a certain PUA.

It is important to mention that users do not visit websites showing fake virus, error notifications intentionally. In most cases, these pages get opened after clicking on some dubious ads, visiting other pages of this kind. Also, they can be opened by some PUA that is already installed on the operating system or a browser.

   
Shopper Survey Scam

What is "Shopper Survey"?

"Shopper Survey scam" refers to a scheme run on various untrustworthy websites. The scam states that users can claim a prize by completing a short survey.

By offering fake rewards, such schemes aim to promote other deceptive and possibly malicious sites. Therefore, by trusting scams like "Shopper Survey", users can experience a variety of severe issues.

Typically, scam pages are accessed via mistyped URLs, redirects caused by intrusive ads, or force-opened by installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). It is noteworthy that the "Shopper Survey" scam has been promoted through spam campaigns - mass-scale operations during which deceptive emails are sent by the thousand.

The subject of these letters is "Claim your Amazon gift card now", but both the title and the text presented in the emails - may vary.

   
Partmentha.fun Ads

What is the partmentha[.]fun site?

Partmentha[.]fun is a rogue website designed to present visitors with dubious material and/or redirect them to other unreliable/malicious pages. The Internet is rife with such untrustworthy sites; dollarsurvey365.onlinerdsb21.clubbengekoo.com - are just a few examples.

Users tend to access partmentha[.]fun and webpages akin to it unintentionally. Most get redirected to them by intrusive adverts or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

These apps do not need explicit user consent to infiltrate systems. PUAs operate by force-opening websites, running intrusive advertisement campaigns, and gathering browsing-related data.

   
Hknet Ransomware

What is Hknet?

Ransomware is a type of malware that blocks access to files by encrypting them. Usually, victims cannot access or use any of the encrypted files until they decrypt them with a specific decryption tool that the attackers encourage them to purchase. It is common that ransomware modifies filenames.

Hknet renames encrypted files by appending ".hknet" as the file extension. For instance, it renames a file named "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.hknet", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.hknet", and so on.

It also creates the "Recovery_Instructions.html" file (its ransom note) in all folders that contain affected files. Hknet is part of the MedusaLocker ransomware family.

   
Security-protect.org POP-UP Scam (Mac)

What is the security-protect[.]org website?

Security-protect[.]org is an untrustworthy site designed to promote various scams. At the time of research, this webpage ran a scheme targeting iPhone users.

However, it is not unlikely that the website can be accessed on other Apple devices as well. The scam claims that visitors' iPhones have been infected and recommends an untrustworthy software product, supposedly capable of eliminating the nonexistent malware.

Typically, schemes of this type endorse fake anti-viruses, adware, browser hijackers, and other PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). The scams may even proliferate malware (e.g., trojans, ransomware, cryptominers, etc.).

Users seldom enter deceptive webpages intentionally; most access them via mistyped URLs, redirects caused by intrusive ads, or have the sites force-opened by installed PUAs.

   
Dollarsurvey365.online Ads

Dollarsurvey365[.]online pop-up ads removal instructions

What is dollarsurvey365[.]online?

Quite often, web pages like dollarsurvey365[.]online are promoted through potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) that most users download and install on browsers, computers unintentionally. In other words, users do not visit such websites intentionally. There are many other pages like dollarsurvey365[.]online, for example, rdsb21[.]club, bengekoo[.]com, and spleasedon[.]fun. It is noteworthy that PUAs can be designed to serve advertisements, gather browsing-related and other data.

   
Video Explorer Adware

What is Video Explorer?

Video Explorer is a rogue browser extension promoted as a tool for easy access to video-hosting platforms. This functionality operates by allowing users to search YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook Video, Google Video, and Bing - by highlighting text on any website and opening the right-click menu.

However, following successful installation, Video Explorer begins delivering intrusive advertisement campaigns. In other words, it starts displaying various misleading, untrustworthy, and even malicious ads. Due to this, Video Explorer is classified as adware. Additionally, this piece of software collects browsing-related information.

Due to the dubious methods used to distribute adware-type apps, they are also categorized as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

   
HackBoss Stealer

What is the HackBoss stealer?

HackBoss is a piece of malicious software classified as a stealer. It operates by redirecting outgoing cryptocurrency transactions by replacing recipients' cryptowallet addresses with its own. This malware has netted significant gain in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Monero, Litecoin, and Dogecoin cryptocurrencies.

The HackBoss stealer is active worldwide, particularly in the United States, Nigeria, and Russia. Its main proliferation method is via various fake hacking, "cracking", password brute-forcing tools, and other malicious applications - supposedly designed to target cryptocurrency-related, banking, social networking/media, and dating accounts.

The fake apps themselves are primarily distributed through the Hack Boss Telegram channel; however, they have been observed being spread through a variety of blogs, forums, and YouTube channels.

   
QuicklookPI Adware (Mac)

What is QuicklookPI?

QuicklookPI is a rogue application classified as adware. This app has been observed being distributed alongside other adware and browser hijackers, notably, SearchUp. Adware operates by running intrusive advertisement campaigns, i.e., delivering various ads.

Browser hijackers promote (by causing redirects to) fake search engines through modifications to browser settings. Additionally, software within these classifications typically has data tracking abilities, which are employed to spy on users' browsing habits.

Since most users download/install QuicklookPI unintentionally, it is also categorized as a PUA (Potentially Unwanted Application).

   

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