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What is Scareware and How Not to Buy Into It?

imageByStephanie AdlamMay 5, 2022
What is Scareware and How Not to Buy Into It?
Scareware is a widespread Internet fraud scheme that intimidates victims into buying unnecessary or harmful software taking advantage of their ignorance. Scareware usually exploits fears of having a computer virus on a machine and persuades users to purchase fake security

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Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft

imageByStephanie AdlamJanuary 27, 2022
Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft
Microsoft shows you the banner which states that your PC is infected with a “Pornographic virus”? It seems that someone wants to involve you into a popular online tech support scam, called “Pornographic virus alert from Microsoft”. But how can they do it with a

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Scammers distribute fake Windows 11 installers

imageByVladimir KrasnogolovyJuly 26, 2021
Scammers distribute fake Windows 11 installers
Fraudsters explore curiosity about the release of Windows 11 to distribute fake OS installers stuffed with malware, adware and other threats, Kaspersky Lab reports. Despite the fact that the process of downloading and installing Windows 11 from the official Microsoft website

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A special version of Flash for China turned into adware

imageByVladimir KrasnogolovyFebruary 24, 2021
A special version of Flash for China turned into adware
Many users and cybersecurity specialists have discovered that a special version of Flash for China has turned into adware. As you know, at the beginning of 2021, support for Adobe Flash Player was finally discontinued. A special self-destructing code was pre-built into the

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Heavy ad blocker started working in the Google Chrome

imageByVladimir KrasnogolovyDecember 15, 2020
Heavy ad blocker started working in the Google Chrome
Earlier this year, Google Chrome developers announced about adding of a so-called heavy ad blocker. This is a mechanism that will detect and unload advertisements that consume too many system resources (creating unnecessary load on the processor, network bandwidth, and so

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295 Chrome extensions injected ads in search results

imageByVladimir KrasnogolovyAugust 5, 2020
295 Chrome extensions injected ads in search results
AdGuard analysts have identified 295 malicious extensions in the Chrome Web Store that have been installed over 80,000,000 times. These Chrome browser extensions injected ads into Google and Bing search results. Most of the dangerous extensions masked themselves as ad

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Google AdSense users receive threat emails

imageByVladimir KrasnogolovyFebruary 19, 2020
Google AdSense users receive threat emails
Intruder sends threatening and ransom letters to website owners and users of the Google AdSense advertising service. Unknowns threaten to generate fake banner views with the help of bots and thus provoke blocking the site, reports KrebsOnSecurity website. [box]“Very soon you

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Why Free Browser Extensions Can Be Dangerous

imageByPolina LisovskayaJune 11, 2018
Why Free Browser Extensions Can Be Dangerous
Browser extensions are an essential thing for modern web browsing. We may take no notice about them while using your Chrome or Mozilla, however, it’s hard to imagine modern web browsing without advertisements blocking, cookies controlling, privacy management, et cetera.

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New Times, New Threats: Adware.Amonetize investigation

imageByVladislav BaglayOctober 13, 2017
New Times, New Threats: Adware.Amonetize investigation
Lately, our Team faced with complaints about Adware.amonetize virus. It hits most of the countries of Europe, the biggest quantity of infections is in China, Azerbaijan, Iran, Italy, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia. It doesn’t matter Internet Explorer, Firefox,

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Adware Everywhere: Who Knows What Is Happening?

imageByPolina LisovskayaSeptember 6, 2017
Adware Everywhere: Who Knows What Is Happening?
Perhaps you’ve heard the familiar whirlwind that no harm can ever hit your pricey gadget, maybe because everything from official App Stores is 100% clean and safe. And so, you’re on your favorite browser, carefree and worry-free! Alas! The browser starts to act stupid,

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