Faracoon.com

Posted: October 1, 2020 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Faracoon.com is a Web page associated with low-quality online advertising networks. Unlike reputable online advertising companies, the ones behind Faracoon.com may use the page to host non-verified content that may often provide users with false statements, links to shady websites and misleading offers. While Faracoon.com's content is not unsafe necessarily, it may often take you to non-trustworthy Web destinations, hence why it is best to avoid it altogether. Usually, the Faracoon.com...

Opertisticolk.club

Posted: October 1, 2020 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Opertisticolk.club is a website that tries to hijack browser notifications and use them to display unwanted advertisements in Web browsers. Users who see this page in their browser may be prompted to click a button to meet certain conditions, such as confirming their identity, verifying they are not a robot or enabling video playback. The fraudulent messages that Opertisticolk.club uses are many. Still, the outcome of trusting them is always the same – you will click a button that reads...

BubblePDF

Posted: October 1, 2020 | Category: Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)
BubblePDF is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that belongs to the Mindspark Interactive Network family of PUPs. Tools of this company are usually promoted as useful browser add-ons, but the reality is that they may not possess valuable features that would help or entertain you. Instead, PUPs like BubblePDF have one sole goal – to get permission to replace your default browser new tab and search engine with a Mindspark-related Web page like Hp.bubblepdf.com. This is not a harmful change,...

Bifidavity.club

Posted: October 1, 2020 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Bifidavity.club is identical to hundreds of websites that try to gain access to your Web browser's notifications through the use of misleading messages and pop-ups. The message that Bifidavity.club displays may depend on the user's Web browser, but they usually have the same request - click the 'Allow' button to continue browsing. If this requirement is met, Bifidavity.club will gain permission to use browser notifications, and, unfortunately, the page will abuse this feature to spam you with...

Ranzy Locker Ransomware

Posted: October 1, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The Ranzy Locker Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that's a possible update of the ThunderX Ransomware. The Ranzy Locker Ransomware attacks can stop users' files from opening by encrypting them, favoring digital media, such as documents. Appropriate backup precautions can assist with recovery, along with any credible anti-malware solutions for removing the Ranzy Locker Ransomware. As some  AES-Matrix Ransomware  campaigns and other corporate entity-targeting threats show, leaking...

Android/Spy23C.A

Posted: October 1, 2020 | Category: Spyware
Android/Spy23C.A is in-house spyware that's specific to the APT-C-23 hacking group. These attackers often target victims in Middle Eastern nations and use custom programs like Android/Spy23C.A for exfiltrating information, such as passwords. Users should avoid disreputable download sources for Android applications and remove Android/Spy23C.A infections with trustworthy security solutions. The 'Get Smart' show of the sixties had writing that guessed at the advanced espionage technology,...

Socelars

Posted: October 1, 2020 | Category: Trojans
Socelars is spyware that collects information related to Facebook and Amazon accounts. Most of its installation exploits use bundles with adware and Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs), such as browser extensions. Users can protect themselves by scanning software before installing, avoiding untrustworthy download links, and letting dedicated security solutions remove Socelars installations as soon as possible. The difference between a Potentially Unwanted Program and a Trojan isn't...

APT-C-23

Posted: October 1, 2020 | Category: Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
APT-C-23 or Two-Tailed Scorpion is an Advanced Persistent Threat group that collects information from Windows and Android systems with custom-made threats. Their campaigns can use intricate social engineering techniques with customized Web content and applications for collecting passwords and other data. Users should change passwords ASAP after disinfecting any compromised devices and possess reputable security products for containing APT-C-23's spyware and Trojans. With analyses of its...

Cloystercdn.com

Posted: September 30, 2020 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Cloystercdn.com is a bogus Web page designed to hijack the notifications of your Web browser. Cloystercdn.com's pages may be promoted with the help of online advertisements that usually are hosted by shady websites used to distribute game cracks, software activators, pirated media or other dubious files. Users who stumble upon Cloystercdn.com's pop-ups may be told that they have to click 'Allow' to play a piece of media, but the truth is that this website does not have any entertainment in...

Characting.club

Posted: September 30, 2020 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Seeing Characting.club's messages in your Web browser means that you have been browsing some shady and unsafe websites. Thankfully, Characting.club causes no harm, and even if you fall for the scheme hosted there, you will not be in too much trouble. Characting.club's visitors are often told that they need to click 'Allow' to confirm that they are not robots, but the website does not mention that this action will end up enabling its notifications in the user's Web browser. If this change is...

Yourtopnews.com

Posted: September 30, 2020 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Hijacking browser notifications continues to be a major trend among online con artists who are eager to exploit this useful browser feature to deliver advertisements to the browsers of thousands of users. Websites like Yourtopnews.com aid them in this endeavor – this page's name suggests that it hosts interesting news, but the truth about is that it tries to hijack your browser notifications with the help of a misleading message and instructions. Users may stumble upon Yourtopnews.com's...

ProgressBuffer

Posted: September 30, 2020 | Category: Mac Malware
We have been experiencing a drastic increase in the number of adware and Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) that target macOS and the popular Safari Web browser. Apple's software has been thought to be a secure stronghold for many years, but it seems that online con artists and even malware creators are managing to find cracks that can be exploited. This post focuses on ProgressBuffer, a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that works on the macOS exclusively. This software is not unsafe, and...

SearchRadioStation

Posted: September 30, 2020 | Category: Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)
SearchRadioStation is a troublemaking browser add-on, which users might be convinced to install because of its promises to give them the ability to discover radio stations from all over the world and listen to them for free. However, SearchRadioStation's installation is meant to do something different entirely – the add-on will force your Web browser to use the new tab page Portal.searchradiostation.com, and the search engine Feed.searchradiostation.com. While there is nothing unsafe about...

Search Omiga

Posted: September 30, 2020 | Category: Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)
The Search Omiga is a strange browser add-on that may be promoted via online advertisements and pop-ups, which describe this add-on as a handy utility capable of enhancing various Web browser features. However, the truth about the Search Omiga is that it has been designed with the sole purpose of generating revenue for its creators by redirecting its users to 3rd-party search engines like Keysearchs.com. While these redirects are not unsafe, they may ruin your Web browsing experience by...

EasyRansom Ransomware

Posted: September 30, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The EasyRansom Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that targets Korean victims, although its payload may harm users' files in most Windows environments around the world. Victims can use unharmed backups for recovery instead of paying a Bitcoin ransom. Appropriate Windows security software also may block infection attempts and remove the EasyRansom Ransomware from already-infected PCs. A somewhat novel instance of a file-locking Trojan favoring the Korean peninsula is making itself...

Isos Ransomware

Posted: September 30, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The Isos Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that's from Phobos Ransomware's family. The Isos Ransomware can block files with encryption, with a preferential focus on potentially-valuable media formats like documents. Users should ignore its ransom notes, if possible, recover through their backups, and let dedicated security tools delete any the Isos Ransomware infections. File-locking Trojans may tip their hands when it comes to how they're circulating, which demographics they attack, and...

LYLI Ransomware

Posted: September 30, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
 The LYLI Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan from the Ransomware-as-a-Service family of the STOP Ransomware or Djvu Ransomware. The LYLI Ransomware can stop users' files from opening by encrypting their internal data and offers a premium, ransom-based recovery service. Well-protected backups will render most damage from infections moot, and traditional cyber-security products should block attacks and remove the LYLI Ransomware. The Ransomware-as-a-Service industry remains strong in the...

Zenon Clipper

Posted: September 30, 2020 | Category: Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)
The Zenon Clipper is a small hacking tool that is being sold to cybercriminals via hacking forums actively. The authors of the threat use the name 'Asper_soft,' and they claim to be able to provide lifetime updates to all their customers, as well as make sure that their malware is Fully Undetectable (FUD) periodically. Many malware creators make such promises, but few manage to deliver – making a threat FUD is the 'Holy Grail' for malware developers because it would enable them to bypass any...

Lokpresearch.club

Posted: September 29, 2020 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Lokpresearch.club is home to a browser-based tactic, which tries to convince users to press 'Allow' to confirm that they are not robots. However, the page attempts to hide the fact that this action will lead to a different outcome – users who agree will end up subscribing to Lokpresearch.club's notifications and enabling this type of content in their Web browser. Once Lokpresearch.club gains permissions to abuse your browser notifications, it will make use of the feature to deliver a stream...

Murranges.club

Posted: September 29, 2020 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Murranges.club is a misleading website that displays pop-up messages saying that the users have to complete an anti-robot check to continue their browsing sessions or reach the content they were trying to view. In reality, Murranges.club's instructions are meant to trick users into doing something entirely different – by clicking the 'Allow' button on their screen, they will command their Web browser to accept Murranges.club's notifications. Because of this change, Murranges.club may have the...
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