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…
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…