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We are getting even more critical about what we call a PUP, and what what we are going to be detecting and removing from user systems. Categories: CEO announcements
Malwarebytes newsTags: malwareMalwarebytesmarcin kleczynskiPUPPUPs(Read more…) Continue reading Malwarebytes gets tougher on PUPs
My attention was drawn a few weeks ago to a group of 6 apps in the Mac App Store, all made by someone named Nicholas Ebner. Part of what drew my attention was the name of one of the apps: Adware WebMedic Pro, suspiciously similar to the name of my old … Continue reading PUP Friday: Nikoff Security
The hosts file is the internet variant of a personal phonebook. We discuss a few malware variants that replace or change that phonebook, so you end up calling the wrong sites. The ones they want you to call.Categories: Cybercrime
MalwareTags: dnshijac… Continue reading Hosts file hijacks
A piece of software masquerading as a security product from Malwarebytes is making its rounds on the web and distributing ransomware to unsuspecting users.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Misspelled Malwarebytes isn’t the real deal. It’s ransomware!
Scammers will always try and imitate legitimate tools and services in an effort to trick people into harming their accounts and devices. If it isn’t fake logins, it’s dubious links on social media. If we’re wading knee deep in 419 emails, you can bet a… Continue reading PSA: DetoxCrypto Ransomware imitating Malwarebytes
MPlayerX has been around for over 2 years. With it’s adware installer, adware, analysis avoidance behavior, and other PUPs calling it a PUP is a no-brainer.Categories: PUPs
Threat analysisTags: adwareIronCoremalwareMalwarebytesMPlayerXPUPVSearch(Read … Continue reading PUP Friday: MPlayerX
Google Chrome users, beware: tech support scammers are misusing helpful browser features to impersonate Microsoft and to bombard users users with pop-ups. In the first instance, the scammers are taking advantage of the browser’s full-screen mode. Users who are tricked into visiting a malicious site set up for the scheme can, at first glace, believe that they have landed on a legitimate tech support page by Microsoft: the address bar shows the right URL and … More → Continue reading Google Chrome users targeted by tech support scammers
On July 29, we published a blog titled “PUP Friday: Cleaning up with 5 star awards”, taking a look at a registry cleaner called RegCleanPro made by Systweak. We detect the file in question as a PUP, and covered it as part of our regular PUP Friday seri… Continue reading Systweak Redux: our response
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| We recently sponsored a deep-dive study conducted by Osterman Research on the subject of Ransomware, and the results are a stark insight into one of the biggest problems facing both enterprise and home networks at the moment. Some key UK-centric findings: 40% of businesses worldwide attacked, but Senior UK IT staff suffered the highest number of…
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Continue reading The reality of Ransomware: an in-depth study
All’s fair in love and ransoming peoples’ files for bitcoins. Continue reading Ransomware Is So Hot Criminals Are Sabotaging Each Other’s Ransomware