The “Account Validation Request” email is part of a phishing campaign that tries to steal users’ email login credentials. The email is disguised as a notification from the email service provider, supposedly informing the recipient about an SSL Certificate error, which supposedly resulted in some emails not being delivered. The email asks that users “re-validate the SSL Certificate on IMAP/POP3…
The “Microsoft Has Temporarily Suspended Your Account” pop-up falls into the tech support scam category. These types of scams are known as tech support scams because they try to trick users into calling fake tech support so they can get scammed out of money. The way this scam works is that you may be redirected to a site that displays…
enzav.xyz is a scam website that tries to trick users into allowing desktop ads. This is done by using a legitimate browser feature that allows sites with permission to show notifications on users’ desktops. However, instead of showing useful notifications, sites like enzav.xyz show ads, potentially dangerous ones at that. These ads will appear on the desktop, similarly to where legitimate…
flynewsmedia.info is a deceptive website that tries to trick users into allowing desktop ads. When you get redirected to the site, you will immediately get a browser alert saying “flynewsmedia.info wants to show notifications”. The site is misusing a legitimate browser feature, so if you click “Allow”, you will authorize flynewsmedia.info to show notifications on your desktop. Because flynewsmedia.info is a deceptive…
eveenaiftoa.com is one of thousands of websites that try to trick users into allowing desktop ads. This is done by misusing a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to request permission to show notifications on users’ desktops. Legitimate sites may use this feature to show users interesting new content, but sites like eveenaiftoa.com use it to show ads. These ads may…
emberenchanter.top is a deceptive website designed to trick users into enabling desktop advertisements. If you get redirected to the site, a browser alert pops up saying “emberenchanter.top wants to show notifications”. This site abuses a legitimate feature that lets websites display notifications on your desktop. By clicking “Allow”, you give emberenchanter.top permission to show you notifications, which will be ads.…
flastioness.com is a deceptive website whose sole purpose is to spam ads by tricking users into agreeing to see them on their desktops. The flastioness.com website is misusing a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to request permission to show notifications on the desktop. Legitimate sites use this feature to show interesting content to users, while flastioness.com uses it to spam desktop…
rpconcepts.xyz is a deceptive website that attempts to trick users into allowing ads on the desktop. To do this, it uses a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to request permission from users to show notifications. The notifications display a site’s newly posted content. However, sites like rpconcepts.xyz use this feature to spam ads on the desktop. Thus, if you click…
trueadsfeed.top is a deceptive website that tries to trick users into allowing desktop ads. The site misuses a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to request permission to show notifications on users’ desktops. These notifications are usually new content the sites post. However, sites like trueadsfeed.top use the feature to show ads on users’ desktops. Not only are these ads very…
xefkqo.info is a deceptive website that tries to trick users into allowing desktop ads. The site, like thousands of others, misuses a legitimate browser feature that allows sites with permission to show notifications on users’ desktops. The notifications usually show a site’s newly posted content. However, xefkqo.info is a scam website, so its notifications will be ads. What’s more, those ads…