The annual list of the year’s most used passwords has been released by the team of NordPass, a password manager developed by the same company behind VPN service NordVPN. “123456”, “123456789”, “qwerty”, and “password” remain some of the most popular passwords used by users.
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If your browser is redirecting all your searches via Yahoo Search without your permission, your computer may be infected with a browser hijacker. Yahoo Search itself is a perfectly safe search engine and is in no way associated with browser hijackers. However, it’s often misused by these infections. When a browser hijacker is misusing Yahoo, whenever you do a search,…
If your browser redirects you to the Bing search engine without you setting it as default on your own, your Mac computer is likely infected with a browser hijacker. Bing itself is a completely legitimate search engine and you can use it safely but only if you decide to use it yourself. The browser hijacker on your computer is essentially…
“Managed by your organization” Chrome extension, in this case, refers to a browser hijacker that misuses a feature that allows administrators to manage browsers of users in their company. Administrators can remotely change browser settings, install or remove extensions, block certain sites and content, etc. It’s a convenient tool to use in some situations. However, when your browser is not…
If your Google Chrome browser is displaying “Managed by your organization”, either your browser is indeed managed by your workplace administrator or your Mac computer is infected with a browser hijacker infection. The message saying “Managed by your organization” would appear at the bottom of Chrome’s menu (the three dots).
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Gthroposite.co is a deceptive website that will try to trick you into allowing its advertisements on your desktop. It misuses a legitimate feature that allows websites to ask users for permission to show push notifications. This is why you will be shown a browser alert saying “Gthroposite.co wants to show notifications” as soon as you enter the website. However, instead…
Ucationininanceen.xyz is a questionable website that pushes a scam to trick users into allowing advertisements on the desktop. It misuses a legitimate browser feature that allows websites to show push notifications on users’ desktops. This is why you will see a browser alert saying “Ucationininanceen.xyz wants to show notifications” as soon as you enter the site. If you allow it…
Urretyequirements.xyz is a generic fake sports news website that pushes a social-engineering scam that tricks users into allowing advertisements on the desktop. When you get redirected to the site, you will get a browser alert saying “Urretyequirements.xyz wants to show notifications”. If you click “Allow”, ads will start appearing on your desktop. Interacting with those ads is not recommended because…