The “Service Update Notification” email is part of a phishing campaign that tries to steal users’ email login credentials. The email is disguised as a notification from the email service provider, supposedly informing users that they need to update their mail settings. This is supposedly because the email service provider is enhancing the mail platform to ensure better performance and…
News Searcher Pro is a browser hijacker, promoted as a useful extension that will improve your browsing. If your browser suddenly redirects you to obsrchrdr.com every time you open your browser, your computer has the News Searcher Pro browser hijacker installed on it. It’s not a dangerous infection, but it is an annoying one. It will make unwanted changes to your…
The “Mailbox Failed To Sync” email falls into the phishing email category. The email intends to trick users into revealing their email login credentials, allowing malicious actors to access their email accounts. The phishing email is disguised as a notification alert from the email provider, and falsely explains that the mailbox failed to sync, and 5 pending emails have not been…
HexaLocker ransomware is malware that encrypts files. Once it infects a computer, it takes files hostage by encrypting them, adds the .hexalocker extension to file names, and demands payment for their recovery. There is currently no free HexaLocker ransomware decryptor available, and only users with backups can recover their files for free.
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Gunra ransomware is a file-encrypting type of malware. The ransomware will take all important files hostage by encrypting them, and demand a payment to recover them. In addition to encrypting the files, the malicious actors operating this ransomware claim to have stolen the files as well and threaten to publish them on the dark web if payment is not made.…
livecubewordopiafile.monster is a generic scam website whose sole purpose is to trick users into allowing desktop ads. To do this, it misuses a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to show notifications on users’ desktops if permission is given. The contents of those notifications usually include what the site posts. However, because livecubewordopiafile.monster is a scam site, its notifications will be…
stabilizeconnection.co.in is a scam website with no content on it. Its sole purpose is to trick users into allowing ads on their desktops. When you get redirected to this site, you’ll immediately get a browser alert saying “stabilizeconnection.co.in wants to show notifications”. The site is misusing a legitimate browser feature, which is why you’ll start getting ads on your desktop…
The “Someone Entered Correct Password For Your Account” email falls into the phishing category. It’s part of a phishing campaign that targets users’ email login credentials. The email informs users that someone attempted to log in to their accounts and entered the correct password. The email is supposedly an additional security measure, and users need to click on one of…