Threats
"There Is an Overdue Payment Under Your Name" Scam
There is a wide range of scams and variations of what is essentially the same attempt to extort money from people using false claims. A lot of those scams are distributed and sent out with the email subject line... Read more
Remove OnShopBase Scams
OnShopBase is part of the URL seen in a lot of online stores. Those are all online stores hosted on the ShopBase platform. ShopBase describes itself as an e-commerce platform that specializes in dropshipping. While... Read more
How to Avoid Manageextremelyrenewedtheproduct.vip Ads
Manageextremelyrenewedtheproduct dot vip is the extremely long and completely nonsensical domain name of a misleading website. Chances are if you landed on Manageextremelyrenewedtheproduct dot vip, you did it after... Read more
PortalUltra Mac Adware
PortalUltra is the name of a potentially unwanted application that functions as adware or ad-supported software. PortalUltra is a clone of the AdLoad Mac adware family. It can crop up in the applications list on your... Read more
How to Avoid Houbekuwucoo.com Pop-Up Ads
Houbekuwucoo dot com is a misleading website that is designed to push ads into the browsers of as many visitors as possible. Landing on Houbekuwucoo dot com will usually happen after clicking a rogue ad on a different... Read more
Ghsd Ransomware
Another week means another batch of Djvu ransomware clones. The newest strain belonging to the Djvu family of ransomware is called simply the Ghsd ransomware, named after the extension it adds to encrypted files. The... Read more
Why You'll Want to Remove Eiur Ransomware From Your PC
The Eiur ransomware is the newest member of the Djvu ransomware family. The new strain behaves like all members of its extended family - it encrypts files on the victim system, rendering them unusable once encrypted.... Read more
What is "Your File Is Ready To Download" Malware?
The name "Your File Is Ready To Download" is a description given to a roster of threats that share the same vehicle. The malicious payloads distributed through this method are stored inside a disk image file, usually... Read more
Searchgoose.com Browser Hijacker
Searchgoose dot com is the name of a fake search engine and the associated browser hijacker that redirects and installs searchgoose as the default search engine in your browser. If the searchgoose browser hijacker is... Read more
News-rapera.cc Browser Hijacker
News-rapera dot cc is a misleading website that is used to spread a browser hijacker. When a user lands on News-rapera dot cc, this is most likely the result of a rogue ad redirect, as you'd be hard-pressed to find... Read more
Todaylotto.net Pop-Up Ads
Todaylotto dot net is a misleading website that tries to trick users into allowing push notifications. The notifications functionality is then abused by the site to spam the user's browser with intrusive and... Read more
Lockbit 3.0 Ransomware Gets New Update
The Lockbit ransomware has been one of the strains that made headlines often over the last couple of years. First released in its first iteration in 2019, the ransomware got a significant update in recent weeks,... Read more
How to Detect & Remove ROGER Ransomware
The ROGER ransomware is a strain of file-encrypting malware that was discovered by security researchers. It belongs to the broader family of Crysis/Dharma ransomware variants. Even though the ROGER ransomware itself... Read more
Removal of Courage Browser
Courage browser is the name of a rogue browser application. Similar applications are usually classified as potentially unwanted programs, as they fill in the gap between legitimate software and fully-featured and more... Read more
What is the Xlm.trojan.abracadabra.8.gen Trojan?
The name Xlm.trojan.abracadabra.8.gen is the designator and detection name given to a version of the Abracadabra Trojan. This particular strain has been around for a few years now, first detected in mid-2020. The... Read more
News-gusoyu.cc Uses Adult Content as Lure to Push Ads
News-gusoyu dot cc is a misleading website that mixes two very obviously clashing concepts - the word "news" in its domain name and adult content, or at least the false promise of adult content, on its page. There is... Read more
Ravenlock Ransomware
Ravenlock ransomware is the name of a new ransomware strain, belonging to the MedusaLocker family. The ransomware will encrypt the majority of the files found on the victim system, leaving them unopenable and... Read more
Bluesky Ransomware
A new ransomware variant was recently discovered by security researchers. The new strain is called the Bluesky ransomware and it belongs to no specific larger family. Bluesky works like all ransomware does - it... Read more
