About Dreamteammyfriend.com Pop-ups
Dreamteammyfriend.com Pop-ups refers to deceptive alerts asking you to allow the site to show notifications. It’s essentially a social engineering attack that wants to trick you into agreeing to desktop ads. When you visit the website, usually because of adware, you’ll be shown an alert asking you to allow Dreamteammyfriend.com to show notifications. If you press Allow, you…
What is PC Speeder Pro?
PC Speeder Pro is a potentially unwanted program (PUP), advertised as a system optimization tool. It is advertised as a tool to help you speed up your computer and make it run more smoothly, but it barely does anything. It’s one of those programs that tries to scare you into thinking that there is something wrong…
What is “Backdoor virus detected”?
“Backdoor virus detected” is a technical support scam[1] that aims to trick you into believing that your computer has been infected by a Trojan horse and that you need to contact computer experts in order to fix it. The fake notification may appear on your screen because of an advertising-supported or potentially unwanted application. These apps…
What is Leavemylife.info?
Leavemylife.info is an application that is supposed to let you get the best deals when shopping but is considered to be adware. It shows the user coupons and competitive prices when shopping online. Leavemylife.info has an official website where you can download it but it can also appear on your computer via free software you install on your computer.…
What is Loostnews.biz?
Loostnews.biz falls into the category of advertising-supported programs, or adware, for short. It inserts various ads into your browsers and causes redirects to its sponsor sites. The application is compatible with all major browsers including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and others. It employs pay-per-click system, which means that it earns revenue for its developers each time that…
What is Clickworker.me?
Clickworker.me is an online threat that belongs to the category of browser hijackers. It may also be referred to as a potentially unwanted and ad-supported application. The goal of such software is to make money off of computer users through advertising. By employing the pay-per-click system, developers of adware earn revenue. Computer users, however, only suffer from such…
Facebook creates the perfect environment for scams to flourish
With around 2.2 billion monthly active users, Facebook is the perfect place for scammers to do their thing. There are thousands or even millions of vulnerable users, and what better place is there for people looking to take advantage of others. You could encounter all kinds of different scams, from the silly…
Since its release 3 years ago, our centralized anti-malware software WiperSoft has attracted over 1 million users in 100 different countries. While the program has been a success, we want to take protection against malware to the next level by using blockchain. This is where ACESO comes in, a user to user cyber threat intelligence platform. What exactly is ACESO,…
Security company Proofpoint has recently noticed that one Tor proxy service has been stealing Bitcoin from ransomware creators by replacing wallet addresses on payment websites, essentially making the situation worse for the ransomware victim. So far, they have stolen $22,000 in ransom money, but since creators are aware of this scheme, they are unlikely to steal more. However, while some…
What is Coin-Hive.com?
Coin-Hive.com is known to be a currency miner. Specifically speaking, it is a JavaScript library used to mine the cryptocurrency. In most cases, the following cryptocurrencies are mined using it: Monero, Dashcoin, DarkNetCoin, and others. Although this does not sound very dangerous, malware experts have noticed that cyber criminals have started embedding this miner into certain programs and…