Pa15news.net

Pa15news.net is a fake news website that uses its intriguing offers of 'work from home' jobs to phish for personal information. In addition to being a harmful website by itself, Pa15news.net is also advertised by browser hijackers that obligate your web browser to load Pa15news.net even if you're attempting to visit unrelated sites. Pa15news.net has also been associated with 'spam' and may be promoted via links from mass-mailed e-mail and other common forms of junk messages. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend that you resolve browser redirects to Pa15news.net by scanning your PC with suitable anti-malware programs to delete the associated browser hijacker, and avoid giving any personal information to Pa15news.net, which isn't guaranteed to refrain from abusing it for personal profit.

Pa15news.net – Capitalizing on Job-Hunting Desperation to Steal Your Info

Similar to other confirmed scam sites like Theclickcheck.com, Local1Oweb.com, News15o.net and News13wise.com, Pa15news.net uses fake content about online careers and related news to entice its visitors into giving up valuable and exploitable personal information. Common fake articles from Pa15news.net tend to display unrealistically high monthly payment figures for online jobs with low skill requirements – an especially attractive offer in today's economy. However, this news is completely fraudulent and only serves as bait for Pa15news.net's phishing attacks, for which Pa15news.net has been blacklisted by a hefty number of PC security organizations.

SpywareRemove.com malware experts also note that exposure to Pa15news.net is likely to come from two primary sources:

• 'Junk' content such as instant messages from automated bots or links in spam e-mail messages that falsely promote Pa15news.net as a helpful or benign website.
• Browser hijackers that redirect you to Pa15news.net regardless of what website you're actually trying to get your web browser to load.

Canceling Out Pa15news.net's Faux Cry of News for Your Browser

Redirects to Pa15news.net, while not immediately harmful for your PC, can expose you to other attacks and PC threats, both due to repetitive contact with Pa15news.net and due to other potential functions that Pa15news.net's browser hijacker may include in its arsenal. SpywareRemove.com malware analysts recommend that you treat browser redirects to Pa15news.net as meaningful threats to your computer's security and analyze your PC with appropriate anti-malware products to detect and delete all Pa15news.net-related PC threats. Changing browser settings or avoiding websites that trigger Pa15news.net redirects, while potentially helpful for avoiding symptoms of Pa15news.net redirect attacks, will not remove the components that place your computer in the long term danger from Pa15news.net and its malicious software.

If you've given any personal information to Pa15news.net, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts suggest that you take steps to secure this info by all relevant methods – for example, by changing linked account passwords and security questions. Because Pa15news.net is particularly closely linked to spam-based attacks, you should also be watchful for spam e-mail and other junk message attacks from accounts that have been phished by Pa15news.net.