Malware

What is the “Donation Grant For You” spam email

The “Donation Grant For You” email falls into the spam email category. It’s a very common type of email that claims recipients have been selected to receive a large sum of money. This particular email claims that you will receive a donation of $8.5 million, supposedly from Mackenzie Scott, who is known for having donated large sums of money to various…

What is the Summon To Court For Pedophilia email scam

Summon To Court For Pedophilia refers to a fake email that claims the recipient has been accused of sexual assault, pedophilia, and possessing child pornography videos. Senders claim to be law enforcement agencies and ask that recipients respond with their justifications. The email is part of an email scam campaign that likely intends to trick users into paying thousands of dollars.…

What is the “I Have To Share Bad News With You” email scam

The “I Have To Share Bad News With You” email falls into the sextortion scam email category. It’s a fake email that claims malware has been installed on your device and an explicit video of you watching pornography has been made. The sender threatens to send the video to all of your contacts unless you agree to pay $950 in…

What is the “You’ve Been Hacked!” email scam

The “You’ve Been Hacked!” email is a type of extortion scam email that falsely claims the recipient’s computer has been hacked. The sender claims to have stolen all the information in the computer and threatens to reveal it if a payment of $250 is not made to the provided Bitcoin wallet address. Paying would be a waste of money because the…

How to remove Qual ransomware

Qual ransomware is file-encrypting malware from the Djvu/STOP ransomware family. The .qual extension added to encrypted file names can identify the ransomware. Unfortunately, the ransomware will encrypt all personal files and request a payment to recover them. At the moment, only users who have backups can recover files for free.

What is the “Online Internet Banking Security Center” pop-up

“Online Internet Banking Security Center” pop-up is classified as a tech support scam. This type of scam falsely informs users that their computers have been infected with malware. Users are prompted to call the provided phone number to get assistance with removing the malware. Users who call are connected to scammers pretending to work for legitimate companies like Microsoft or…

What is the “Redundancies Across The Organization” malicious email

“Redundancies Across The Organization” email is part of a new malicious email campaign that distributes the Agent Tesla RAT (Remote Access Trojan). The email falsely informs the recipient that their employment has been terminated. The email contains a malicious attachment, which users are prompted to open by the sender. If users open it, their computers become infected with a dangerous…