SportSearchNow browser hijacker will set sportsearchnow.com as your homepage and nearbyme.io as your default search engine. Your browser loading those sites is a sign that your computer is infected with a browser hijacker. As far as computer threats go, this browser hijacker is pretty generic. It comes from a family of browser hijackers that all look more or less identical to…
WebMusicSearch is a generic browser hijacker that will set webmusicsearch.com as your homepage and nearbyme.io as your default search engine. These changes are made without your explicit permission in order to redirect you to sponsored websites. However, hijackers don’t directly harm the computer so WebMusicSearch is not a particularly dangerous infection. Despite this, you should remove WebMusicSearch sooner rather than later as there…
Erewasnos.xyz is a generic fake entertainment news website that pushes a social-engineering scam to trick users into allowing ads on the desktop. When you get redirected to the site, a browser alert will pop up saying “Erewasnos.xyz wants to show notifications”. It’s not a dangerous website but if you allow it to show you push notifications, you will be spammed…
VideoSearchCenter is a generic browser hijacker that will set videosearchcenter.com as your homepage and nearbyme.io as your default search engine. The hijacker will not directly harm your computer but in addition to the browser setting changes, it will also try to redirect you to sponsored websites in order to generate traffic and revenue. Furthermore, the hijacker will track your browsing and…
Koom ransomware is a file-encrypting piece of malware that comes from the Djvu/STOP ransomware family. This ransomware adds .koom to encrypted files, which is how it can be identified. Other than the extension it adds to encrypted files, it’s very similar to the other Djvu/STOP versions. Unfortunately, decryption of files is currently impossible without purchasing the decryptor from cybercriminals. But…
A report released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has revealed that victims have lost more than $133 million to romance scammers between January 1, 2021, and July 31, 2021. In addition to the traditional romance scams where scammers simply ask for money, there has been a recent trend of romance scams involving cryptocurrencies. The FBI’s Crime Complaint Center…
Hotdrinks1.xyz is a questionable website that pushes a social engineering scam to trick users into allowing ads on the desktop. If you get redirected to the site, you will be shown a browser pop-up that says “Hotdrinks1.xyz wants to show notifications”. And if you allow it, Hotdrinks1.xyz will start showing potentially dangerous ads on your desktop.
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If your homepage has been changed to prosportsearch.com without your permission, you have the ProSportSearch browser hijacker installed. It’s not a serious infection but it can be annoying to deal with. It will make unwanted changes to the browser’s settings, set prosportsearch.com and nearbyme.io as your homepage and default search engine respectively. These changes are made to make redirecting you to sponsored websites…