HorizonCentric is a rogue app that our researchers discovered while looking through new submissions to VirusTotal. Our analysis of this piece of software revealed that it operates as adware and belongs to the AdLoad malware family. Advertising-supported software (adware) enables the plac
Fake Coinbase Wallet extension - refers to a rogue browser extension disguised as a Coinbase product. Unwanted software often uses the names, graphics, and other content belonging to legitimate products - in order to trick users into download/installation. Typically, software that uses deceptive
Special-discounts[.]club is designed to display deceptive content to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. Also, it can redirect visitors to other shady pages. Our team discovered special-discounts[.]club while inspecting torrent sites, illegal movie streaming pages, and similar w
After downloading and installing the DynamicSync application, we found that it is a useless app that functions as adware. It generates intrusive advertisements. We discovered this adware while examining deceptive pages encouraging visitors to update "outdated" software. We found that Dyn
WANNAFRIENDME 2 is ransomware that encrypts files, modifies filenames (appends the ".iRazormind" extension), and drops the "README.txt" file containing a ransom note. Our team discovered this ransomware while inspecting malware samples submitted to VirusTotal. An example of how WANNAFRIENDME 2 re
We discovered FormatSync while inspecting shady websites distributing fake Adobe Flash Player installers. After downloading and installing this app, we learned that it displays annoying advertisements. Apps like FormatSync are classified as advertising-supported applications. FormatSync
Our research team found the news-hanuca[.]cc rogue page during a routine inspection of untrustworthy websites. This webpage is designed to promote browser notification spam via deception. Additionally, news-hanuca[.]cc can redirect visitors to other (likely dubious/malicious) sites. Users typical
Our analysis of this "SIDDHIVINAYAK" email revealed that it is malspam - malicious spam designed to infect recipients' systems with malware. These fake finance/purchase-themed letters proliferate the Agent Tesla RAT (Remote Access Trojan). It must be emphasized that, as with all spam emails, thes
Discovered by Petrovic, Police_Decrypt0r is a piece of malicious software categorized as ransomware. We ran a sample of this malware on our testing machine, and it encrypted files as well as changed their filenames. The names of the affected files were appended with a ".CRYPT" extension. For exam
While inspecting websites that use rogue advertising networks, we came across updatepcmc[.]xyz - a deceptive page that runs the "McAfee - Your PC is infected with 5 viruses!" scam. We also found that this site wants to show notifications. All messages displayed by updatepcmc[.]xyz are fraudulent.