What is Igfxtray?
Igfxtray is a legitimate process that belongs to Intel Corporation. It stands for Intel Graphics System Tray Helper Icon. It’s part of Graphics Media Accelerator Driver, and displays an icon that allows you to access Intel Graphics configuration. You likely noticed it running in your Task Manager and are now wondering what it is. It’s unlikely to cause any…
What is “Amazon Rewards Event” scam
“Amazon Rewards Event” scam refers to a scam that claims you have been selected to take part in a giveaway and have the opportunity to win a prize. These giveaway scams are very common and often use big company names like Amazon, Google and Facebook to lure people in. They usually claim that users are rewarded for…
What is Traffic Junky
Traffic Junky is a legitimate advertising service that many sites use to generate revenue. However, it’s also often misused by adware. This is not exactly unusual because many advertising services are misused this way. Users who have adware installed on their computers encounter a lot of ads by Traffic Junky, and thus start referring to it as Traffic Junky virus.…
What is Your IP has Won (1) Google Gift?
Your IP has Won (1) Google Gift pop-up that appears on your screen while your browse the Internet is an obvious scam meant to trick users into sharing their personal information with unreliable third parties. It claims that every Thursday a random IP address is selected as a winner of valuable gift (worth…
About Taboola Ads
Taboola Ads refers to adware generated ads that use misuse Taboola services to generate revenue. Taboola is a legitimate advertising service that websites can use to display ads for revenue. However, as is often the case with advertising services, it is misused by adware. So when users encounter Taboola Ads a lot, they mistakenly refer to them as Taboola virus. However,…
What is Bongacams virus
Bongacams virus refers to a redirect virus that redirects users to the adult website Bongacams. The site hosts adult-oriented content and is safe to use. However, users have reported that they get randomly redirected to the site when they were browsing completely different sites. These random redirects are why users are calling it Bongacams virus, even if the site itself…
What is WARNING! 36 infections found!!! pop-up?
WARNING! 36 infections found!!! message is a technical support scam that may show up on different websites. It claims that your system has been infected with 36 viruses and that you should call Microsoft technical support immediately. The number provided in the pop-up is in no way related to Microsoft or any legitimate company. Calling…
What is Google chrome critical error red screen scam
Google chrome critical error red screen scam refers to a tech-support scam that claims you need to call a certain phone number because your computer is in danger. The way the scam works is you suddenly get redirected to a website or shown a pop-up that claims someone tried to attack your computer…
What is facebook-info.com
facebook-info.com is a rogue website that shows highly questionable content and asks that you allow it to show you notifications. It’s not a site you should interact with because it will expose you to potentially dangerous content that could lead to a serious malware infection. It will also try to get you to agree to notifications, and if you…
What is Usarewardspot
Usarewardspot is a scam that tries to lure users into revealing their personal information by promising great prizes. This is a very typical scam and most users will have encountered some version of it at some point. This particular scam redirects users to Usarewardspot.com, where users are greeted with a notification that they have been selected to participate in a giveaway…