ThrillAlgorithm is the name of an application that we discovered while examining untrustworthy websites offering to download fake updates for the Adobe Flash Player. After downloading and installing ThrillAlgorithm, we found that it generates intrusive advertisements. Software of this type is ca
Our research team discovered the law-antivirus[.]com rogue site during a routine investigation of suspicious websites. This page endorses deceptive content, pushes browser notification spam, and redirects visitors to different (likely unreliable/malicious) sites. Most users access law-antivirus[.
"Please Confirm Your Account" is a spam email. Our inspection revealed that this letter operates as a phishing scam. It makes false claims about an email account filtering process that will eliminate inactive ones. Hence, the fake notification urges recipients to confirm their email accounts by lo
OnionPoison is the name of a campaign used to distribute malicious Tor Browser installers. Tor Browser is a legitimate browser that makes it more difficult to trace its user's Internet activity (it protects the user's privacy). Malicious Tor Browsers include a library infected with spyware that ga
While inspecting rogue webpages, our researchers discovered the "Surfshark - Your PC Is Infected With 5 Viruses!" scam. It states that Surfshark has detected viruses on users' devices. It must be emphasized that all these claims are fake, and this scam is in no way associated with the actual Surfs
While inspecting dubious websites, our research team discovered the defenderfordevice[.]com rogue page. It promotes deceptive content, pushes spam browser notifications, and causes redirects to other (likely untrustworthy/malicious) sites. Most users enter webpages like defenderfordevice[.]com th
RedKrypt is ransomware that makes files inaccessible by encrypting them and appends the ".p.redkrypt" extension to filenames. Also, RedKrypt drops the "RedKrypt-Notes-README.txt" file containing a ransom note on the victim's desktop. Our malware researchers discovered RedKrypt while inspecting mal
QuantityTopic is an untrustworthy application designed to bombard users with annoying advertisements. Software of this type is called adware. Our team discovered QuantityTopic after using a fake installer downloaded from a page claiming that the installed version of Adobe Flash Player is outdate
EditInstruction is a rogue application that our researchers discovered during a routine inspection of new submissions to VirusTotal. After analyzing this piece of software, we learned that it is adware belonging to the AdLoad malware family. Adware is designed to run intrusive advertisem
Adslivetraining[.]com is a website designed to trick visitors into allowing it to show notifications. It uses a clickbait technique to lure visitors into clicking the "Allow" button. We discovered this deceptive page while examining sites that use rogue advertising networks (open shady pages and s