While checking the VirusTotal page for recently submitted malware samples, our team discovered ransomware called MRN. This ransomware encrypts files and appends the victim's ID, virus_monster@tutanota.com email address, and its extension (".MRN") to filenames. It also drops the "unlock-info.txt" t
ConditionAnalysts is a rogue app that our research team found while inspecting 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) is designed to enable
Our team has discovered an untrustworthy application called InformationPing while examining deceptive websites instructing visitors to update outdated software. We learned that InformationPing has no useful features - the main purpose of this app is to display intrusive advertisements. Software
While inspecting a shady website instructing us to add some extension to a browser to continue, we discovered an app called Get colors. After adding it to a browser, we learned that it manipulates the settings of a browser to promote a fake search engine. Get color is a browser hijacker that promo
While inspecting dubious websites, our researchers discovered the news-tecayu[.]cc rogue page. It operates by pushing spam browser notifications and redirecting visitors to different (likely untrustworthy/malicious) webpages. Most users enter news-tecayu[.]cc and similar sites through redirects ca
GenesisOdyssey is a piece of rogue software that our research team found while inspecting new submissions to VirusTotal. Our analysis of this app revealed that it operates as adware and belongs to the AdLoad malware family. Advertising-supported software operates by running intrusive adv
Our researchers discovered the Helphack ransomware during a routine inspection of new submissions to VirusTotal. We determined that Helphack is based on the Chaos ransomware. Once we executed a sample on our test machine, Helphack encrypted files and appended their names with an extension consist
Our research team discovered the PixelUnlimited application while inspecting new submissions to VirusTotal. After analyzing it, we determined that PixelUnlimited operates as advertising-supported software (adware) and is part of the AdLoad malware family. Certain factors like compatible
ConnectionInteractive is the name of an application our team discovered after using a fake installer downloaded from a deceptive website. During our analysis, we found that ConnectionInteractive is a useless application designed to generate advertisements. Thus, we classified ConnectionInteracti
Our team has discovered jerenga[.]click while inspecting various illegal movie streaming, torrent, and other sites. We found that jerenga[.]click runs the "McAfee - Your PC is infected with 5 viruses!" scam. Additionally, this page wants to show untrustworthy notifications. Jerenga[.]click