Nanocrypt ransomware is file-encrypting malware. It’s a type of infection that takes users’ personal files hostage and demands payment for their recovery. When ransomware encrypts files, it adds an extension, which in this case is .ncrypt. Unfortunately, encrypted files will be unopenable unless they are first decrypted using a special decryptor. The only ones who have the decryptor are the…
hotbguveku.today is a deceptive scam website that tries to trick users into allowing desktop ads. It misuses a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to request permission to show notifications, which is why you’ll see browser alerts on certain sites saying “x wants to show notifications”. However, while legitimate sites show useful notifications, sites like hotbguveku.today spam ads on the desktop.…
rprldnwsq2.xyz is a deceptive website that tries to trick users into allowing desktop ads. It misuses a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to show notifications, which appear on users’ desktops. The content of those notifications depends on what the site posts. Since rprldnwsq2.xyz is a scam website, its notifications would be highly questionable ads. Thus, clicking “Allow” on the “rprldnwsq2.xyz…
venetwork.xyz is a deceptive website that tries to trick users into allowing it to show ads on the desktop. It misuses a legitimate browser feature to do this, which is why you’ll get a browser alert saying “venetwork.xyz wants to show notifications”. If you click “Allow”, the site will be authorized to show ads. It’s also worth mentioning that those…
RestoreBackup ransomware is file-encrypting malware. It’s a very serious infection that essentially takes files hostage and demands payment for their recovery. If your computer is infected and your files are encrypted, the files will have an .{random string of characters}.restorebackup extension added to them. Unfortunately, unless you use a specific decryptor on them, you will not be able to open…
derenmon.co.in is a deceptive website that tries to trick users into allowing desktop ads. To do this, it misuses a legitimate browser feature that allows sites with permission to show notifications on users’ desktops. But instead of content users would find interesting, sites like derenmon.co.in show ads. It should also be mentioned that those ads could expose you to potentially malicious…
sparefastads.top is a deceptive scam website that tries to trick users into allowing desktop ads. Immediately upon you getting redirected to sparefastads.top, you will get a browser alert saying “sparefastads.top wants to show notifications”. The site is misusing a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to show notifications on users’ desktops. These notifications usually contain content the websites post and appear…
The “Email Credentials Protection” email will try to phish your email account login credentials. The email falsely claims that your login credentials are about to expire, but you can keep them if you click on the provided button. However, if you were to engage with the email, you would be redirected to a phishing site that asks you to log…