“Army of Ukraine need your support” scam email is an attempt by scammers and cybercriminals to make money during a time of crisis. The email encourages recipients to make donations to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces using the provided Bitcoin and Ethereum wallet addresses. But while the email does link to the legitimate National Bank of Ukraine website, the wallet…
Fgnh ransomware is a generic file-encrypting malware infection, yet another ransomware from the Djvu/STOP malware family. The cybercrime gang operating these ransomware infections releases new versions every couple of days, with likely hundreds already released. Because it encrypts personal files, it’s considered to be a very serious infection. Unfortunately, encrypted files can only be decrypted using a special decryptor but…
IDP.Generic Malware refers to a generic detection by anti-virus programs like AVG and Avast. If you have one of these anti-virus programs and it has detected a seemingly legitimate file as IDP.Generic, it’s likely a false positive. You were likely trying to install a video game or some other program when the detection popped up. The detection is generally not…
Idp.alexa.51 Virus refers to a false positive detected by anti-virus programs Avast and AVG. Users may encounter this detection when trying to install something that appears suspicious to your anti-virus. It’s very common for this detection to be triggered by video games but the detection is not associated with any specific program. Even if it’s harmless, the file would be…
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…
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…
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…
Ckae ransomware is a generic ransomware infection, one of the more recent releases by the notorious Djvu/STOP ransomware gang. These cybercriminals release ransomware on a regular basis, though they are all more or less similar to one another. You can identify which ransomware you are dealing with by the extensions added to files. Once the ransomware is done encrypting files,…