Threats
Remove HotComplete Adware
HotComplete is an application that can find its way on your Mac computer. This will usually happen through websites with dubious content. HotComplete will show up as an application in your Mac's Applications folder.... Read more
Stop Onlinenothome.com Pop-Ups
Onlinenothome dot com is a garden-variety misleading website, one of the hundreds if not thousands of its kind, all attempting the same thing - to shove intrusive, annoying, and potentially dangerous advertising and... Read more
Nominatus Ransomware
The Nominatus ransomware is a new strain of file-encrypting malware that has been spotted by security researchers. The ransomware does not belong to any specific larger ransomware family. Nominatus also does one thing... Read more
Ultimate Ad Eraser Does the Opposite of What It Claims
Ultimate Ad Eraser is the name of a piece of adware. Adware is a type of software, commonly called "advertising-supported" software by its developers to make it seem more appealing, that will generate and display ads... Read more
Kruu Ransomware
Kruu ransomware is a newly discovered strain of file-encrypting malware. The new ransomware variant is the latest member of the ever-growing Djvu ransomware family. The ransomware works as expected, without any big... Read more
'PancakeSwap Giveaway' Scam Dangles Tasty Lure
"PancakeSwap Giveaway" scam is the name of a new scam that is being promoted through rogue ads and deceptive pages. Landing on the page that is used for the scam, the first thing an observant user will notice is that... Read more
PrizePagoda.com Tries to Push Annoying Ads
PrizePagoda dot com is a website that looks like it combines elements from both phishing scams and untrustworthy websites. The page displayed to visitors shows a stock image of a girl holding a gift and the image of a... Read more
Malicious Tool BPFDoor Evades Detection for Years
Security researchers recently came up with a worrying revelation. A malicious tool associated with Chinese threat actors turned out to be deployed on "thousands" of systems running Linux. The shocking part of that... Read more
How to Avoid News-fesihe.cc Pop-Ups
News-fesihe dot cc is a misleading website. Its sole purpose is to get visitors who somehow landed on the page to allow push notifications and effectively allow the page to spam their browser with intrusive and... Read more
'World Health Organization Beneficiary' Email Scam Attempts Old Tricks
A new email scam is doing the rounds, and it's using lures as old as the Internet to steal victims' information. The so-called "World Health Organization Beneficiary" email scam uses a very silly but obviously... Read more
Ifla Ransomware Joins the Djvu Ransomware Family
Security researchers reported on a newly discovered ransomware strain. The new threat is called the Ifla ransomware, after the extension the ransomware uses for encrypted files. Ifla belongs to the huge family of Djvu... Read more
Picprosto.click Pop-Ups Pose Potential Threat
Picprosto dot click is the domain name associated with a misleading website. The site has no meaningful content or data stored on its pages. The only thing users are faced with when they land on the page is a... Read more
Sandgerl.com Attempts to Scare Visitors with Fake Warnings
Sandgerl dot com is a malicious website that will display fake warning messages to visitors. The site seems to be targeting mobile users and will display a window, skinned to appear like a system notification from... Read more
Byaa Ransomware Joins Army of Djvu Clones
A new strain of an old and very familiar family of ransomware was recently detailed by researchers. The new threat is called the Byaa ransomware and it belongs to the large family of Djvu ransomware variants. The... Read more
Cricket Start Messes Up Browser Settings
Cricket Start is the name of a potentially unwanted program that behaves like a browser hijacker. Potentially unwanted programs fill the gray space between legitimate applications and more dangerous malware. While a... Read more
Nerbian RAT Targets Victims in Europe
A new strain of malware has recently been documented by security researchers. The threat was called Nerbian and exhibits features typical of remote access trojan, hence the full name Nerbian RAT. Perhaps a little late... Read more
'BlockChain' Scam Fishes for Victims
A new scam has recently been reported, being propagated by a number of different web pages using different, seemingly random domain names. The scam websites attempt to phish out crypto wallet credentials from victims.... Read more
SearchZubi Browser Hijacker Tampers with Browser Settings
SearchZubi is the name of a browser extension that exhibits most of the features associated with browser hijackers. Browser hijackers belong to the wider category of potentially unwanted programs or PUPs. PUPs are not... Read more
