If your browser is suddenly redirecting you to skyjem.com whenever you open it, there’s a browser hijacker installed on your computer. It’s a type of infection that will take over your browser, make unwanted changes, and try to redirect you to sponsored websites. It’s not a particularly dangerous infection because it doesn’t directly cause damage to the computer but it may…
The “I Have To Share Bad News With You” email falls into the sextortion scam email category. It’s a fake email that claims malware has been installed on your device and an explicit video of you watching pornography has been made. The sender threatens to send the video to all of your contacts unless you agree to pay $950 in…
yonminuner.com is a generic scam website that attempts to trick users into allowing ads on their desktops. Immediately upon entering the website, you will get a browser alert saying “yonminuner.com wants to show notifications”. Clicking “Allow” would give the site permission to spam ads.
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“I actually installed a Malware on porn website” is a scam email that falls into the sextortion email category. The email falsy claims that the recipient’s computer is infected with malware, which allowed them to turn on the microphone/camera and make an explicit video of the recipient watching pornography. The contents of the email are completely false. The email is…
UKASEE is classified as a browser hijacker. It’s a type of infection that will hijack the browser, make unwanted changes, and try to redirect to sponsored websites. It’s not a dangerous infection that will cause direct damage to the computer. However, it is a very annoying infection that will constantly try to redirect to questionable websites.
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Funny Tool Redirect is classified as a browser hijacker. Users may suddenly find it installed on their computers after installing free programs or downloading copyrighted content. The hijacker will take over the Google Chrome browser and try to redirect users to sponsored even potentially dangerous websites. But the hijacker will not directly harm the computer.
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news-xofapi.com is a highly questionable website that will spam ads if you allow it to. When you get redirected to the site, you will immediately get a browser prompt saying “news-xofapi.com wants to show notifications”. If you click “Allow”, the site will start showing you ads on your desktop.
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The “You’ve Been Hacked!” email is a type of extortion scam email that falsely claims the recipient’s computer has been hacked. The sender claims to have stolen all the information in the computer and threatens to reveal it if a payment of $250 is not made to the provided Bitcoin wallet address. Paying would be a waste of money because the…