The “I have e-mailed you from your account” email falls into the sextortion scam email category. The email falsely claims that the recipient’s computers have been infected with malware that allowed the sender to film the recipient watching pornography. They threaten to send the video to all of the recipient’s contacts unless they agree to pay $250 in Bitcoin. The…
“Operating System Fell To My Hacking Expertise” email is part of a recent spam campaign that tries to blackmail users into paying scammers $1250. Although the email does not explicitly state that there’s a video of users watching pornography, nor do scammers threaten to release it, that is implied. The email is also written similarly to sextortion scam emails. Thus…
SMSfromBrowser is a generic browser hijacker. It’s advertised as a browser extension that allows you to send text messages via your browser. While the extension’s features may seem useful, not only does it not work, but it also hijacks your browser and makes unwanted changes. These types of infections are installed via deceptive installation methods and users often don’t even…
The “Outlook – Upgraded Version Now Available” email is part of a phishing campaign that tries to trick users into revealing their Outlook login credentials. The email claims you need to upgrade to the “newly updated version” of Outlook by clicking on the button in the email. According to the email, if you do not do that within 3 days,…
laiphuphegrohu.com is a deceptive website that promotes scams and tries to trick users into allowing ads on their desktops. It does that by misusing a legitimate browser feature, which is why you will see a browser alert saying “laiphuphegrohu.com wants to show notifications” when you get redirected to the site. Do not allow notifications because you will be spammed with…
SwiftSeek is a browser hijacker, often advertised as a useful extension. It’s not a particularly dangerous infection but it will cause a lot of issues. To be specific, it will change your browser’s settings and force you to use the boyu.com.tr search engine. The search engine will insert sponsored results among legitimate ones in order to redirect you. Your homepage…
ZoomFind may be advertised as a useful extension but it’s classified as a browser hijacker. It’s not a dangerous infection but it will hijack your browser and change its settings. This is done so the hijacker can redirect you to sponsored websites. It will set boyu.com.tr as your default search engine to force you to use it, and it will…
“Your Device Has Been Compromised” is a fake virus alert that falsely claims your Chrome browser is severely damaged by 13 malware. This fake pop-up will appear on Android devices when users get redirected to questionable sites hosting such scams. The contents of the pop-up are completely fake, and the pop-up can be ignored. Users who engage with the pop-up…