It might be very tempting to enjoy services for lower prices than usually. Coupons from various type of ad-serving applications are known to provide discounts and to help people save money. However, this official objective is not always transparent and reliable. In most cases when third-parties generate software, delivering promotional content, they tend to go […]
A limited number of browser hijackers can survive and thrive for longer than a few years. In most cases, their distribution slowly dies out or their extensions are removed from stores and file-sharing websites. Www-searching.com infection is a 5-year-old threat that circulates around people from United States of America. People from other countries are affected […]
When it comes to categorising malware, it can get really tricky deciding whether a particular virus should be clasified as an adware or browser hijacker infection. For instance, DealWifi virus ir primary listed as an adware, but there is a version of this virus called mystart.dealwifi.com and mystart3.dealwifi.com. Those viruses act as a browser hijackers […]
There are thousands of browser hijackers that never receive attention from surfers and do not occupy any significant domination in the rankings of top-visited domains. However, Bitmotion-tab.com infection strikes as a rather popular infection which has received a lot of surfers from India. In this country, the suspicious tool for searching obtains 4,150 place. According […]
By now, millions of people should have experienced violations of privacy due to malware. Google Chrome and other popular browsers have been warning their users to download add-ons and extensions with caution. These advises are done because of rogue applications for browsers very frequently are the source of security issues. There are tons of different software […]
Nowadays you can’t browse the Internet without seeing various advertisements around every website. Even if you use some software blocking advertisements (such as AdBlock), advertisers still find new ways to display sponsored content and monetise their content this way. Usually it’s completely OK because you get a content you want to see in return for […]
There are so many browser hijackers circulating that it would be impossible to estimate the exact number. However, the impact left by these rogue search platforms is undeniable: whether it is a demonstration of sponsored and quite irrelevant results to search queries, or an automatic infiltration of additional malware samples. In both cases, hijackware samples […]
A new spam campaign is circulating around emails as well known Locky ransomware is trying to push a new version of the old virus into the market – Diablo6. As a part of the socially responsible cyber security community, we feel the urge to inform you about the distribution of this deadly infection and raise […]
Ransomware infections (1) have been around for years now, but their dominance in the cyber-world has only become evident in 2017. There had been local attacks, like infections that focused on people from Ukraine (2), or the ones that broke out in the worldwide level (3). Nevertheless, Cerber crypto-virus remains to be one of the most […]
Ad-based parasites have become notorious for their aggressive and persistent marketing strategies, always aiming at the biggest revenues. Online advertisements, as we hope you know, are not always the most transparent and conforming with the essential rules of cyber security. Their content could be misleading and deceptive, aiming to trick into believing clickable ads. If […]