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iLotto Email Scam

What is the "iLotto" scam email?

"iLotto email scam" refers to a phishing spam campaign. The term "spam campaign" defines a large-scale operation during which deceptive emails are sent by the thousand.

The scam letters distributed through this operation - claim that recipients' email address has been randomly selected as a winner of a ludicrous amount of money. These emails mention multiple legitimate entities (e.g., companies, corporations, etc.), which are in no way associated with this scam.

The fake "iLotto" letters operate as phishing schemes, i.e., they attempt to trick recipients into providing sensitive personal information. Victims of these spam emails can experience a wide variety of severe issues, primarily ones related to privacy.

   
Applydatinghere.com Ads

What is applydatinghere[.]com?

Applydatinghere[.]com is similar to bennyaflickgotit[.]ga, anymorenews[.]com, checkrobotics[.]com, and many other rogue websites. The purpose of this page is to display dubious content and promote other pages of this kind.

Usually, pages like applydatinghere[.]com get opened by installed potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), through shady advertisements and questionable pages. It is worthwhile to mention that users do not download and install PUAs knowingly, and apps of this kind often are designed to generate unwanted advertisements and (or) collect information about their users.

   
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What is blackflightfind[.]tw?

Similar to ouropiniio.fun, bennyaflickgotit.ga, anymorenews.com, and thousands of others, blackflightfind[.]tw is an untrustworthy webpage. It operates by loading dubious content and/or redirecting visitors to rogue/malicious sites.

Websites of this type are seldom accessed intentionally; most users enter them via redirects caused by intrusive advertisements or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). This software does not require explicit user consent to be installed onto systems.

PUAs typically have heinous functionalities, e.g., causing redirects, delivering intrusive ad campaigns, and gathering browsing-related information.

   
Ouropiniio.fun Ads

What is ouropiniio[.]fun?

Ouropiniio[.]fun is a rogue website, which shares many similarities with bennyaflickgotit.ga, anymorenews.com, checkrobotics.com, and countless others. This page operates by presenting visitors with dubious content and/or redirecting them to untrustworthy/malicious sites.

Users tend to enter websites of this kind inadvertently. Most get redirected to them by intrusive adverts or PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications) installed onto their devices. These apps do not need explicit consent to infiltrate systems; therefore, users may be unaware of their presence.

PUAs are capable of causing redirects, running intrusive advertisement campaigns, and collecting browsing-related and private data.

   
Yqbdpevbz Ransomware

What is Yqbdpevbz?

Rasomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts files so that they could not be accessed/used without having to decrypt them with the right decryption tool that only the attackers can provide. Yqbdpevbz encrypts files and appends the ".yqbdpevbz" extension to their filenames.

For example, it renames a file named "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.yqbdpevbz", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.yqbdpevbz", and so on.

Also, Yqbdpevbz creates the "HOW TO RESTORE YOUR FILES.TXT" file (its ransom note) in each folder that contains affected (encrypted) files. This ransomware is part of the Snatch family.

   
Simple Word Count Browser Hijacker

What is Simple Word Count?

Simple Word Count is a browser hijacker promoting (through rogue redirects) the fxsmash.xyz fake search engine. Software within this classification promotes various web searchers by making modifications to browser settings.

Furthermore, Simple Word Count has data tracking abilities, which are used to spy on users' browsing activity. Since most users download/install browser hijackers unintentionally, they are also classified as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

   
Bennyaflickgotit.ga Ads

What is bennyaflickgotit[.]ga?

Bennyaflickgotit[.]ga is the address of a rogue webpage. Visitors to this website are presented with dubious content and/or redirected to untrustworthy/malicious pages.

The Web is full of such sites; checkrobotics.commediamoderna.biz, and pigrod.host are but a few examples. Users typically access these webpages inadvertently; they get redirected to them by intrusive adverts or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

These apps can stealthily infiltrate systems and subsequently cause redirects, run intrusive advertisement campaigns, and/or collect browsing-related data.

   
Anymorenews.com Ads

What is anymorenews[.]com?

There are many untrustworthy websites like anymorenews[.]com on the Internet. All of these pages are designed to promote other pages of this kind or to display deceptive content.

A couple of examples of other pages like anymorenews[.]com are shyflirttalks[.]com, ejustasgrea[.]fun, and tomachopan[.]com.

Typically, these pages get opened after clicking on dubious ads, visiting other untrustworthy websites, or by some potentially unwanted application (PUA) that users have unknowingly installed on a web browser or the operating system. In one way or another, it is uncommon for sites like anymorenews[.]com to be visited on purpose.

   
Checkrobotics.com Ads

What is checkrobotics[.]com?

Sharing similarities with shyflirttalks.com, ejustasgrea.funsaiwhute.comsitioninindi.club, and many others, checkrobotics[.]com is a rogue website. Visitors to this page are presented with dubious material and/or redirected to untrustworthy or possibly malicious sites.

Users seldom enter webpages of this kind intentionally; most get redirected to them by intrusive advertisements or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). This software does not need explicit user consent to infiltrate systems.

PUAs can have heinous functionalities, including - causing redirects, delivering intrusive ad campaigns, and gathering browsing-related information.

   
Mediamoderna.biz Ads

What is the mediamoderna[.]biz website?

Mediamoderna[.]biz is an untrustworthy site designed to deliver questionable content and/or redirect visitors to unreliable/malicious webpages. The Internet is rife with such websites; shyflirttalks.comtomachopan.com, and ejustasgrea.fun are just a few examples.

Pages of this type are usually accessed inadvertently. Most users get redirected to them by intrusive advertisements or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

These apps do not need explicit permission to infiltrate systems; hence, users may be unaware of their presence. PUAs operate by causing redirects, running intrusive advert campaigns, and gathering browsing-related data.

   

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