Browser-based tactics are still a perilous trick that online con artists use to take money and information from their victims. Often, fraudsters rely on misleading pop-ups and messages to trick users into thinking that their computers have been infected by a threatening virus or are experiencing severe issues with their operating system's health and performance. This is the strategy that the con artists behind the 'Windows Error Code: DLL011150' scam employ. Users who stumble upon the...

The ThunderX Ransomware is a file-locker Trojan without ties to any famous families or Ransomware-as-a-Services. The ThunderX Ransomware can block the user's files with its encryption, delete local Windows backups, and create additional files related to the ransoming service. Users with other backups are immune to this extortion attempt virtually, and anti-malware programs can block or remove the ThunderX Ransomware from infected PCs. Between the many families of file-locking Trojans,...

The Cndqmi Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan from the family of the Snatch Ransomware. The Cndqmi Ransomware can stop files from opening by encrypting them and may abuse Windows features like Safe Mode while it does so. Windows users with sufficient anti-malware protection should find and delete the Cndqmi Ransomware automatically, although having a secure backup for recovery is extremely helpful. As a Trojan family, the  Snatch Ransomware  is far from the most populous of its...

The Jdokao Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that's part of the larger family of the Snatch Ransomware. This Trojan runs in most Windows versions and encrypts the user's media files for blocking and ransoming them. Solutions to this threat include having backups for data restoration and letting anti-malware services contain and remove the Jdokao Ransomware. As a Trojan family, the  Snatch Ransomware  is a quieter and more particular example and lacks the extreme proliferation of...

DeathRansom is a ransomware threat that has joined the actions of Wacatac Ransomware , which is believed to be its predecessor. The two threats may have been created by the same group of hackers who look to extort money from victimized computer users. The money extortion methods of DeathRansom start with its infection that may come in the form of a spam email attachment, often a "read-me.txt" text file that may appear to be harmless to most. Upon opening the malicious attachment, the...

The Bmd Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan from a Ransomware-as-a-Service family known as the Dharma Ransomware and the Crysis Ransomware. Immediate infection symptoms in Windows centralize around 'locked' or encrypted media files that will not open without the threat actor's custom decryption information. Users should have protected backups for recovering their files, even though anti-malware applications should delete the Bmd Ransomware quickly. An oppressive force inside the...

Thergoldru.club is a fake website that hosts a page dedicated to running a basic online tactic whose ultimate goal is to hijack your browser notifications. Thergoldru.club does this by displaying misleading prompts and messages that try to convince you that you have to confirm that you are a real human by pressing a button that says 'Allow.' What the page may not reveal is that the 'Allow' button is meant to grant Thergoldru.club permission to display browser notifications. Once the button is...

The Venmo payment service has become very popular in the past few years. Unfortunately, this has attracted the attention of fraudsters and con artists who are looking for a way to profit from naïve victims. One of the most popular Venmo-related tactics online is the '$1000 Venmo Gift Card' pop-up scam – it tries to trick users into believing that they have won $1,000 that will be deposited to their Venmo account as long as they follow the instructions. The tactic is disguised to look like a...

If you see Sappropsi.club notifications regularly, you have fallen for a tactic found on this particular website. Thankfully, this online tactic is not an unsafe one, and you are not at risk of having your data or payment details collected by cybercriminals. Instead, the tactic focuses on profiting from you by exposing you to tons of paid advertisements abusing your browser's push notifications. However, for this to happen, Sappropsi.club needs to be given permission to use this feature. To...

Browser notifications are meant to give users a neat and convenient way to receive updates about news and posts from their favorite websites. Unfortunately, con artists have started to exploit this feature to deliver unwanted paid advertisements to Web browsers. However, there is a catch – to do this, they need to gain your permission to use your Web browser's notifications. This is why they have set up hundreds of websites like Visingikol.club. Users who stumble upon this page may be told...

Totopcontent.xyz is a website dedicated to displaying a fake message that reads 'Click Allow to Continue.' Users may think that they need to complete this step to continue browsing, but we assure you that you do not need to interact with such prompts when spawned by a non-trustworthy website. Totopcontent.xyz's 'mysterious message' has nothing to do with the content that you are trying to access – if you click the 'Allow' button, you will subscribe to Totopcontent.xyz's push notifications....

ConvertMySearch, also known as ConvertMySearch Search, is a questionable extension for popular Web browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Users are likely to end up at ConvertMySearch's download page if they are looking for a quick and easy way to convert audio, video or documents from one format to another. ConvertMySearch claims to be able to perform this task, but the truth is that it does not possess any file conversion capabilities – instead, all it does is to refer users to...

The Cl Ransomware is a file-locker Trojan from the family of the Dharma Ransomware (AKA the Crysis Ransomware). Most infections will block diverse media formats of files on the computer and deliver ransom notes that sell a possible unlocking service to the victim. Users should protect sensitive files with backups on other devices and let their anti-malware solutions delete the Cl Ransomware once they identify it. Definitively one of the largest families of file-locking Trojans in the...

The Bella RAT is a threatening piece of malware whose author has crafted it to work on macOS systems especially. The threat has been created in the Python programming language, and it boasts a wide range of features that can work even if the attacker does not have root-level permissions. If, however, Bella RAT manages to gain administrator permission on the compromised host, it will be able to cause even more mayhem. One of the Bella RAT scariest things is that its source code has been...

Credit card skimmers used to be exclusive malware pieces that were crafted to work on particular Point-of-Sale (PoS) devices or automated teller machines specifically. However, as online shopping's acceptance grew, cybercriminals decided that exploring digital credit card skimmers is a viable project – this gave birth to bold projects like the newly identified Baka Skimmer. The threat, first reported by VISA, is a digital skimmer that uses advanced tricks to evade automatic security tools and...

Toralisingaffo.club is a Web page that you may encounter while trying to download free or cracked software from non-trustworthy websites. The pop-ups that Toralisingaffo.club displays may tell you that you have to confirm your download request by clicking a button that says 'Allow.' However, this interaction's purpose is entirely different - Toralisingaffo.club's prompt is meant to ask you to grant the website permission to use browser notifications. If this is enabled, you will begin to see...

The website Letmeleadyou.me hosts a basic online tactic that may end up annoying you greatly if you do not read the instructions you see on top of your screen carefully. Letmeleadyou.me claims that users have been chosen to complete a 'human verification' check and that this is mandatory if they want to continue browsing or unlock certain content. However, users who pay close attention to the text on their screens may see that the 'Allow' button they are asked to click is meant to subscribe...

Online fraudsters have started to use fake websites to trick users into subscribing to their intrusive push notifications. The good news is that this con is not harmful, but it can still be a very annoying issue to deal with. Mplexhete.club is one of the many pages that host such a tactic, and in its case, it tries to trick users into thinking that they have to confirm that they are real humans and not robots. According to Mplexhete.club, the confirmation can be completed by simply clicking...

Online tactics are not always nefarious, and they often may exhibit relatively harmless behavior. One of the basic but common tactics as of late can be seen on Provembe.club – the page claims to host a 'human verification' check that visitors are required to complete to continue browsing. However, the website's claims are fake, and the true purpose of Provembe.club's prompts is to trick you into subscribing to the Provembe.club notifications unknowingly. Thankfully, even if you fall for this...

Seeing Ptiledestra.club's pop-ups in your Web browser means that this page will try to convince you to enable its push notifications. Of course, it will not reveal its intentions directly, because no one would agree to allow a random Web page to deliver push notifications to their Web browser. This is why Ptiledestra.club may rely on misleading instructions and messages, which may tell you to press a certain button to continue browsing. However, the interaction has nothing to do with the...