The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a warning about a scam campaign inviting users to fill in a COVID-19 post-vaccine survey to win prizes. DOJ warns that these fake surveys are meant to steal money and personal information.…
sakh.site is a highly questionable website, trying to trick users into subscribing to ads. The site is identical to many others, all of which misuse a browser feature that allows sites to show notifications to users. When you get redirected to sakh.site, a pop-up will appear saying “sakh.site wants to show notifications”. Granting this permission means seeing ads on the…
Instabio.cc is a website that promotes itself as a service that allows one to add multiple links to their Instagram bio. However, it is detected as a phishing website by certain anti-virus programs, which is why we advise against using it. Furthermore, users should be very careful about clicking on any Instabio.cc links they encounter on other users’ Instagram accounts…
In March’s edition of cybersecurity news headlines, there are only three stories to report on. There were no significant hacks or data breaches but some stories did make bigger headlines. A teen hacker responsible for the Twitter bitcoin giveaway scam has been sentenced to three years in prison for his “mastermind” role in the incident that made headlines all over…
Vlc Plus Player Virus can refer to either a potentially unwanted program (PUP) installed on your computer, or a false positive detected by adware cleaning tool AdwCleaner.
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ro9.biz is a very typical website that tries to trick users into subscribing to advertisements, which would appear on the desktop. If you get redirected to the site, a pop-up notification will appear saying “ro9.biz wants to show notifications”. Pressing “Allow” essentially means you will be spammed with ads.
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Me.fo is a website promoted by a browser hijacker. If you find that the site has been set as your homepage, your computer is infected with a browser hijacker, a rather minor infection that changes browser’s settings. Hijackers usually focus on redirecting to sponsored websites.
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Mekiroki.com is a questionable website that pushes a social engineering scam aiming to get users to agree to see ads on their desktop. It’s misusing a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to show users notifications on the desktop. When you get redirected to Mekiroki, a browser pop-up will say that “Mekiroki.com wants to show notifications”. If you press “Allow”,…