The “Internet Crime Complaint Center” email is a generic scam that claims recipients are entitled to get compensation of $1,759,910.00 for being victims of scams. Supposedly, scammers have been apprehended, prosecuted, and sentenced, and the prosecuting law firm is planning on paying each victim the mentioned sum of money. The email asks that recipients contact the law firm using the provided…
Xentari ransomware is designed to encrypt users’ files. If a device gets infected, the ransomware will immediately begin encrypting personal files. Affected files will have the .xentari extension added to them. You will not be able to open files with that extension unless they are first put through a decryptor. However, getting a decryptor is going to be difficult because…
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…
nsnetwork.pro is a deceptive website that tries to trick users into allowing ads. If you get redirected to this site, you will get a browser alert saying “nsnetwork.pro wants to show notifications”. The site is misusing a legitimate browser feature, so if you click “Allow”, you will authorize the site to show notifications on your desktop. The feature is used…
veihqy.click is a scam website whose sole purpose is to trick users into allowing ads. To do this, it misuses a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to show notifications on users’ desktops. Only instead of useful notifications, veihqy.click show ads, potentially dangerous ones at that. If you click “Allow” on the “veihqy.click wants to show notifications” alert, the site could…
Nebula ransomware is a file-encrypting type of malware that takes personal files hostage by encrypting them. The ransomware can be identified by the .nbl extension added to files that have been encrypted. Encrypted files will not be openable unless they are first decrypted using a specific tool. However, getting the decryptor is not going to be easy because only the…
funadsfeed.top is a deceptive website that tries to trick users into allowing desktop ads. It’s one of thousands of sites that misuse a legitimate browser feature that allows sites with permission to show notifications on users’ desktops. Thus, when you get redirected to this site, you will immediately get a browser alert saying “funadsfeed.top wants to show notifications”. If you…
anesibulmiseed.com 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 “anesibulmiseed.com wants to show notifications”. Because this site is misusing a legitimate feature, if you were to click “Allow”, you would authorize the site to show ads on your desktop. These…