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What is admntrk[.]com?

Similar to news-back.org, rockstartpush.net, captcharesolver.com, newstorg.cc, and thousands of others, admntrk[.]com is a rogue website. It operates by delivering questionable material and/or redirecting its visitors to untrustworthy/malicious sites.

Users rarely access websites of this kind intentionally. Most get redirected to them by intrusive advertisements or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). These apps do not require explicit user permission to infiltrate systems.

PUAs are designed to cause redirects, deliver intrusive advertisement campaigns, and gather browsing-related data.

   
Nexi Email Scam

What is Nexi email scam?

Typically, cybercriminals behind phishing emails impersonate legitimate organizations, companies, or other entities with the purpose to trick unsuspecting recipients into providing sensitive information.

Typically, their goal is to extract financial information (e.g., credit card details), login credentials (usernames, email addresses, passwords), social security numbers, or other details. It is common that phishing emails contain a website link designed to open a deceptive website where visitors are asked to enter personal information.

Cybercriminals behind this phishing email impersonate an Italian bank that specializes in payment systems called Nexi. Their goal is to steal login credentials.

   
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What is the news-back[.]org website?

News-back[.]org is a rogue site sharing many similarities with rockstartpush.net, newstorg.cc, worldlifestylez.com, and thousands of others. This webpage is designed to deliver questionable material and/or redirect visitors to untrustworthy/malicious pages.

Users usually enter such websites inadvertently, they get redirected to them by intrusive advertisements or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

This software does not require explicit user consent to infiltrate systems. PUAs operate by causing redirects, delivering intrusive advert campaigns, and gathering browsing-related data.

   
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What is rockstartpush[.]net?

Rockstartpush[.]net contains deceptive content and promotes other questionable websites. It is similar to newstorg[.]cc, worldlifestylez[.]com, lotsnippier[.]cam, and many other pages.

It is noteworthy that users do not visit these pages on purpose. As a rule, they open them by clicking on dubious advertisements, while visiting other untrustworthy pages or when they have some potentially unwanted application (PUA) installed on a web browser or the operating system.

It is important to mention that PUAs can be designed to display advertisements and gather information about their users. They are called potentially unwanted because it is uncommon for users to download and install them intentionally.

   
Rootiunik Ransomware

What is Rootiunik ransomware?

Rootiunik is a variant of the ZEPPELIN ransomware. Systems infected with this malware experience data encryption and receive ransom demands for the decryption.

In other words, victims cannot use the files affected by Rootiunik, and are asked to pay - to recover access to them. During the encryption process, files are appended with an extension that follows this pattern - ".rootiunik.[victim's_ID]".

For example, a file initially titled "1.jpg" would appear as something similar to "1.jpg.rootiunik.8EC-1BE-48E" - after encryption. Once this process is complete, ransom notes - "!!! ALL YOUR FILES ARE ENCRYPTED !!!.TXT" - are dropped into compromised folders.

   
SuperPDFConverterSearch Browser Hijacker

What is SuperPDFConverterSearch?

SuperPDFConverterSearch browser hijacker is designed to promote the superpdfconvertersearch.com address (a fake search engine). As a rule, apps of this type change browser settings to promote their search engines.

Another detail about browser hijackers is that they can be designed to collect various information about their users. Usually, apps like SuperPDFConverterSearch are distributed using deceptive methods.

Therefore, it is common that users download and install them inadvertently. Apps that users tend to download, install unknowingly are called potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

   
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What is the newstorg[.]cc site?

Sharing similarities with worldlifestylez.com, lotsnippier.cam, smartklick.biz, and countless others, newstorg[.]cc is an untrustworthy website. Visitors to this page are presented with dubious content and/or redirected to unreliable/malicious sites.

Webpages of this type are seldom accessed intentionally; most users get redirected to them by intrusive adverts or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). These apps do not need explicit user consent to infiltrate systems, and they can force-open websites, run intrusive advertisement campaigns, and collect browsing-related information.

   
Romanian Post Email Virus

What is the fake "Romanian Post" email?

"Romanian Post email virus" is the name of a malware-proliferating spam campaign - a large-scale operation during which deceptive emails are sent by the thousand. The letters distributed through this campaign - are disguised as notifications from the national Romanian Post (Poșta Română) and target Romanian users.

It must be emphasized that despite their legitimate appearance, these emails are fraudulent and in no way associated with the real Romanian Post. The scam letters claim that recipients have a package addressed to them waiting in one of the postal offices.

To receive the nonexistent parcel, the emails instruct recipients to print the recipient attached to them and use it in any of the offices. The fake receipt attachment contains FormBook malware's executable file, which initiates this malicious program's download/installation upon opening.

   
MailEx Scam

What is MailEx scam?

Scammers behind this phishing campaign use email to trick users into providing personal information. They send emails offering users to participate in a fake survey and get a certain prize in return.

After completing a survey, visitors are asked to enter personal information to claim their "reward". It is important to mention that such scams can be used to trick users into providing financial information, paying "transaction", "processing" fees as well.

Either way, it is strongly recommended to ignore emails of this type and not to trust websites that they promote/enter any personal information on them.

   
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What is worldlifestylez[.]com?

Worldlifestylez[.]com is a rogue website, visitors to which are presented with questionable content and/or get redirected to other untrustworthy and malicious sites. Users tend to access such pages inadvertently.

Most get redirected to them by intrusive adverts or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). This software does not require permission to infiltrate systems; hence, users may be unaware of its presence.

These apps can have heinous functionalities, including - causing redirects, delivering intrusive advertisement campaigns, and collecting browsing-related information. The Internet is rife with webpages like worldlifestylez[.]com; lotsnippier.camsmartklick.biz, topnewsfresh.xyz, and ddyuei.com are just a few examples.

   

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