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About Yts.mx Suspicious Website

Yts.mx is a torrent website that not only distributes content illegally but can also expose users to malicious ads/content. It’s one of the thousands of websites that allow users to easily pirate copyrighted content. However, it’s also a site that allows questionable ads and malicious torrents. Ideally, you should not be using Yts.mx or similar sites because they are illegal. But…

What is Google Chrome Critical Error scam

Google Chrome Critical Error scam is a tech-support scam that tries to trick users into calling fake support numbers. Scammers push unnecessary services and demand users pay hundreds of dollars for services they did not even receive. It’s a very common scam that you can encounter when browsing high-risk websites or if adware is installed on your computer. The scam…

Stop Orderstartir.com redirects

Orderstartir.com is a generic scam website that pushes a social engineering scam to trick users into allowing ads on the desktop. When you get redirected to the site, you will get a browser alert saying “Orderstartir.com wants to show notifications”, and if you click “Allow”, ads will start appearing on your desktop. If you have given it permission, revoke it…

What is Alert! Windows-11 Can Not Update scam

“Alert! Windows-11 Can Not Update” is a tech-support scam that falsely warns about a computer being blocked. If you get this pop-up on your screen, do not call the shown phone number because you will be scammed. Instead, close the pop-up without engaging with it. These pop-ups can be triggered either by questionable websites you visit or by an adware…

Remove Killsexkcell.com redirects

Killsexkcell.com is a pretty generic website that pushes a social engineering scam to trick users into allowing ads on the desktop. It misuses a legitimate browser feature to do that. As soon as you’re redirected to the site, you’ll be shown a browser alert saying “Killsexkcell.com wants to show notifications”. If you allow the notifications, your desktop will be spammed…

Stop Smart.bytemarkup.xyz redirects

Smart.bytemarkup.xyz is a questionable website that displays various scams. Currently, it’s promoting a tech-support scam. When you get redirected to the site, you will see a “Windows Security Recommendation!” window that says you should download McAfee anti-virus in order to clean your computer. If you engage with this scam, you would eventually be redirected to a tech-support scam. It should…

How to stop Mentwrence.com redirects

Mentwrence.com is one of the thousands of scam websites that try to trick users into allowing ads on the desktop. When you visit the site, usually involuntarily, you will immediately get a browser alert saying “Mentwrence.com wants to show notifications”. The feature that allows sites to show push notifications on the desktop is actually legitimate, though it’s obviously misused by…

How to remove McAfee Security Center Notice scam pop-up

McAfee Security Center Notice is a fake virus alert that may appear in your browser when you’re browsing questionable websites without an adblocker program installed. It’s essentially a pop-up ad that tries to trick you into downloading unsafe programs and paying for subscriptions you neither need nor want. It goes without saying that this is a scam but it has…

Stop Rplnd15.com redirects

Rplnd15.com is a very generic scam website that tries to trick users into allowing advertisements on the desktop by misusing a legitimate browser feature. The feature allows sites with permission to show notifications on users’ desktops. This is why you will see a notification saying “Rplnd15.com wants to show notifications” when you visit the site. While legitimate sites would show useful…