The “Your Norton Subscription Is Out Of Date” pop-up is a fake virus alert that falsely informs you about your Norton subscription expiring. Regardless of whether you use Norton anti-virus and have a subscription, this pop-up is fake. The site hosting this scam also tries to trick you into allowing ads on your desktop, which is why you will get…
The “Norton – This Mac Is Infected With Viruses” pop-up is a fake virus alert that claims your Mac is infected with malware that tracks your keystrokes and monitors your online activities. These types of fake alerts are generally hosted on questionable websites that users get redirected to when browsing ad-heavy sites without an adblocker. If you encounter this alert,…
“moreadsfeed.top wants to show notifications” is a browser alert you will see if you get redirected to moreadsfeed.top. The site is misusing a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to request permission to show notifications on the desktop. Giving permission to sites like moreadsfeed.top will lead to ads on the desktops. Thus, if you suddenly start seeing ads on your desktop, you…
loadpremiumapp.monster is one of the thousands of websites that try to trick users into allowing ads on the desktop. It misuses a legitimate browser feature that websites can use to ask for permission to show notifications on users’ desktops, which is why you will get a browser alert saying “loadpremiumapp.monster wants to show notifications” as soon as you get redirected…
If your browser suddenly redirects you to login-tab.com when you perform a search or open your browser, your computer is infected with a browser hijacker. Sudden unauthorized changes to a browser’s settings are usually a sign of hijacker infection. It’s not a serious infection but it is an annoying one. It will change your homepage, new tabs, and search engine…
The “Capital One – Card Purchase Is Under Review” email is part of a phishing campaign targeting Capital One login credentials. The email falsely informs recipients that their Capital One cards have been temporarily locked because of an excessive number of purchases. This has supposedly triggered Capital One’s security protocols, and if users want to use their cards again, they…
EpiStart (EpiBrowser) is a rogue browser, classified as a potentially unwanted program due to its behavior and installation methods. EpiStart is based on the Chromium open-source project, and forces users to use a fake search engine that does not generate any results. It promotes the epibrowser.com search engine. The search engine does not work and instead, it redirects to Yahoo. It’s…
“Norton Subscription Payment Has Failed” is a fake alert that informs users about their supposedly expired Norton anti-virus subscription. Users may get randomly redirected to a site hosting this fake alert, regardless of whether they have a Norton subscription or not. While interacting with the notification will lead you to the legitimate Norton website, Norton has nothing to do with…