After installing and testing the InitialMethod application, our team learned that it is a useless app that functions as adware. The purpose of InitialMethod is to display intrusive advertisements. We discovered this advertising-supported app while inspecting deceptive pages encouraging visitors
ScanBox is the name of malware delivered via malicious websites masquerading as legitimate Australian news websites. Cybercriminals behind it target Australian Government agencies, news media organizations, and global energy and manufacturing sectors. Websites used to distribute ScanBox are sent v
Tonit[.]click is a rogue webpage that our researchers discovered during a routine inspection of suspicious sites. It is designed to load deceptive content, promote browser notification spam, and redirect visitors to other (likely untrustworthy/harmful) websites. Most users typically access such si
While inspecting suspicious websites, our researchers found one promoting the Screen Recorder browser extension. It is presented as a tool capable of recording the screen. However, our analysis revealed that Screen Recorder operates as adware instead. Adware stands for advertising-supporte
After analyzing the AssessmentBranded application (which we downloaded from a deceptive website), our team learned that it shows intrusive advertisements. Therefore, we classified AssessmentBranded as adware. Also, this app can read sensitive information. It is strongly recommended not to instal
JiangLocker is a piece of malicious software categorized as ransomware. It is designed to encrypt data and demand ransoms for the decryption. After we launched a sample of JiangLocker on our test system, it began encrypting files and appended their filenames with a ".jiang" extension. For example
After analyzing threecaptcha[.]top, we concluded that it is one of the many untrustworthy pages designed to lure visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. In addition to showing deceptive content, threecaptcha[.]top redirects to scam websites. Thus, threecaptcha[.]top, its notifications, an
After examining stronger-protection[.]com, we found that it is one of the deceptive pages that runs the "McAfee - Your PC is infected with 5 viruses!" and asks for permission to show its notifications. Our team discovered stronger-protection[.]com while studying other shady pages that use rogue ad
Stable-scan[.]com is a rogue webpage that our researchers discovered during a routine inspection of dubious websites. This page is designed to push online scams, promote browser notification spam, and redirect users to other (likely unreliable/malicious) sites. Visitors to pages like stable-scan[
Our researchers discovered the dailysurveyreward[.]online rogue webpage while inspecting dubious sites. It is designed to promote scams, push spam browser notifications, or redirect visitors to other (likely unreliable/malicious) websites. Most users access pages of this kind via redirects caused