Mobile apps Group is an adware family targeting Android operating systems. The name is based on the developer account on Google Play - from which the adware-type apps originate. Said account has been noted for previous questionable/malicious activity and has over one million app downloads to its n
While inspecting ActiveAnalyzer application, our team observed that it shows annoying advertisements. Software that shows ads on computers is called adware. We discovered ActiveAnalyzer after using a fake installer (disguised as the installer for Adobe Flash Player) downloaded from a deceptive w
AdvantageMethod is a piece of rogue software that our researchers found while investigating new submissions to VirusTotal. After we inspected this application, we determined that it operates as adware. It is noteworthy that AdvantageMethod is part of the AdLoad malware family. Adware is
While checking out new submissions to VirusTotal, our research team discovered a ransomware-type program called Anon_by. Malware within this classification encrypts data and demands ransoms for the decryption tools. After we launched a sample of this ransomware on our test machine, it began encry
Our team examined daphomost[.]com and learned that it shows a deceptive message (uses a clickbait technique) to lure visitors into allowing it to display notifications. It was also found that daphomost[.]com redirects to other untrustworthy pages. This is an untrustworthy page that should be ignor
Our team has investigated this email and found that it is sent by scammers who seek to lure recipients into providing sensitive information. It contains a link to a deceptive website asking to provide login credentials. Such emails are called phishing emails. This email is disguised as a l
Feg is one of the Xorist ransomware variants. It encrypts files and renames them (by appending the ".feg" extension to filenames). Also, Feg creates a ransom note (the "КАК РАСШИФРОВАТЬ ФАЙЛЫ.txt" file) and displays a pop-up window with the same text as the ransom note. Our malware researchers di
While investigating ourbestspot[.]com, our team found that this page is designed to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. Also, it redirects them to other pages. We discovered ourbestspot[.]com while examining websites that use rogue advertising networks. It is uncommon for sites
page styles is one of the untrustworthy color-related applications (browser extensions) classified as adware. It can hijack a web browser to promote untrustworthy websites and inject advertisements into websites. Pages promoted via page styles adware can be designed to steal sensitive information.
Bowd is ransomware (one of the Djvu ransomware variants). It encrypts data, appends its extension (".bowd") to filenames, and drops a ransom note (the "_readme.txt" file). We discovered Bowd while analyzing malware samples submitted to the VirusTotal site. It is known that Djvu ransomware is often