“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…
pignmoll.com is a highly questionable website that users can get redirected to. The site does not have any content but it prompts a browser alert that says “pignmoll.com wants to show notifications”. The site is misusing a legitimate browser feature to essentially spam users with ads.
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Fake tickets to the 2024 Paris Olympic games, fake merchandise, dangerous streaming sites, and giveaways that phish personal information. These are the top scams users face during the Olympic Games.
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The “I am a Hacker Who Has Access To Your Operating System” email scam is classified as a sextortion email scam. It’s a very generic attempt to trick users into sending scammers money in exchange for not releasing a non-existent explicit video to users’ contacts. The email is nothing more than a scam and can be ignored.
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