Dwhenmyfe.xyz is a generic fake sports news website that pushes a social engineering scam to trick users into allowing notifications on the desktop. It does so by misusing a legitimate browser feature that allows sites that get users’ permission to show notifications on the desktop. So when you get redirected to this particular site, you will be shown a browser…
PDFConverterSearchNet is a browser hijacker that sets pdfconvertersearchnet.com as your homepage without your permission. Browser hijackers are quite minor infections that mainly focus on exposing you to sponsored content. This hijacker will push you to use the nearbyme.io search engine that alters search results to contain sponsored results. Redirecting users to those sponsored websites is the main goal of these browser…
.wiot file virus refers to the ransomware infection that adds .wiot to encrypted files. If your files have this extension and you cannot open them, your computer is infected with the Wiot ransomware, a file-encrypting piece of malware from the Djvu/STOP ransomware family. The gang has released hundreds of ransomware versions, with .wiot being the more recent one. The versions…
If your browser is suddenly loading moviesearchonline.com every time you open your browser, your computer is infected with a very generic MovieSearchOnline browser hijacker. It’s a pretty minor infection that doesn’t directly harm the computer. However, as you’ve likely already noticed, it does make unwanted changes to your browser’s settings without permission. It will also try to redirect you to sponsored websites…
SportSearchly is a generic browser hijacker that gets installed without your explicit permission. While it’s not a dangerous computer infection, it will make unwanted changes to the browser’s settings. It will set sportsearchly.com as the homepage and nearbyme.io as the default search engine. The hijacker will also try to redirect you to sponsored websites by altering your search results. Some of…
Ralemploay.space is a fake movie update website that pushes a social engineering scam to trick users into allowing ads on the desktop. If you visit the site, you will get a browser alert saying “Ralemploay.space wants to show notifications”. If you click “Allow”, you will see intrusive notifications on your desktop. Interacting with them is not a good idea because…
Wiot ransomware is malware that encrypts files. It belongs to the notorious Djvu/STOP ransomware family that has released hundreds of ransomware versions. Wiot ransomware can be differentiated by the .wiot extension it adds to encrypted files. Files with that extension cannot currently be decrypted for free, and the malicious actors operating this ransomware demand $980 for the decryptor. At this moment,…
PDFConverterSearchZone is a generic browser hijacker that makes unwanted changes to your browser’s settings and tries to redirect you to sponsored websites. The most noticeable sign that this hijacker is on your computer is pdfconvertersearchzone.com set as your homepage and nearbyme.io set as the default search engine. Other than changing your browser’s settings, the hijacker will not directly harm your computer.…