US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has disclosed that in the first nine months of 2021, $148 million was lost by consumers to gift card scams. Gift card scams are fraudulent activities that ask victims to make payments using gift cards. According to the FTC, nearly 40,000 consumers reported making payments in gift cards. Victims do not realize they are dealing…
Mljx ransomware is file-encrypting malware that was released by the same cybercrime gang operating the Djvu/STOP ransomware family. It’s a very serious infection that encrypts files and demands payment for their decryption. You can identify this ransomware by the .mljx extension it adds to encrypted files. Unfortunately, unless you have a backup of files, it’s currently not possible to recover…
“Windows Firewall Alert” scam refers to a fake security alert that claims your computer is infected with a malicious infection that is stealing your data. The whole point of this “Windows Firewall Alert” scam is to trick you into dialing the displayed phone number. You would be connected to fake technical support who would try to scam you out of hundreds…
Hrougthatsidh.club is a generic website that will try to trick you into allowing ads on the desktop. It misuses a legitimate browser feature to do this. When you get redirected to the site, you will get a browser alert saying “Hrougthatsidh.club wants to show notifications”. If you allow these notifications, the site will spam your desktop with ads, some of…
“Pornographic Spyware Alert Error Code” scam refers to a very typical tech-support scam that tries to trick you into calling fake technical support. The fake alert claims that your computer has been blocked for security reasons and that you need to call the displayed phone number to contact Windows Support. However, if you were to call, you would be connected…
Weightlosshouse1.xyz is a high-risk website that pushes a social-engineering scam to trick users into allowing ads on the desktop. It misuses a legitimate browser feature to do this, hence why you will get a browser alert saying “Weightlosshouse1.xyz wants to show notifications” as soon as you enter the website. If you allow it to show notifications, your desktop will be…
“Norton Security – Your PC is infected with 5 viruses!” is a fake anti-virus alert that tries to trick users into downloading questionable or even malicious programs. It’s a very common scam that falsely claims your computer is infected with viruses. In this particular case, the fake alert informs you that your computer is infected with 5 viruses. These scammers…
Hgsh ransomware is a file-encrypting malware from the Djvu/STOP malware family. The group operating this ransomware has released hundreds of ransomware infections so far and continues to release them on a regular basis. Hgsh ransomware is the most recent version. It encrypts your files and then demands that you pay a ransom to be able to recover them. You will not…