Pre-approved notice scams belong to the phishing category. Attackers send email notifications about the approval of a new credit card or a personal loan. The email seems to come from the bank, so it can easily make users fall into their trap.
In this article, we let you…
Hitman scams are a special kind of attack, that belongs to the ransomware family. They include life-threatening messages and may be intimidating for many users. Usually, attackers ask for money, in order not to embarrass, injure, or even eliminate the victim.
What are…
Fake shopping websites entice internet users to visit them and present offers that seem too good to be true. In this article, you’ll learn how to spot them and protect yourself from the scams they hide.
This kind of websites represent a a powerful way for hackers to…
Phishing attacks are a permanent source of income for hackers. Also, internet users seem to be still vulnerable to this method of stealing money.
Read on to learn how to avoid becoming a victim of such attacks.
What are phishing attacks?
Phishing attacks are scams…
Grandparent scams become more and more common. This is because these people represent a vulnerable category, when facing the new technology. And this is the the weakness that hackers try to take advantage of, and make some easy money.
What are grandparent scams and how to…
If your browser’s homepage changed, you might be a victum of the Sports Engine browser hijacker. This changes both the homepage of the browser and the page that loads in a new tab.
In this article, we will let you know how to remove this malware and protect your…
The Tomp3.cc website pretends to help users download YouTube videos. In fact, it tries to trick them into subscribing to push notifications. Then, it sends spam pop-up ads.
If your browser already shows you such ads, it is possible that the virus reached your computer.
Secure Browser is a rogue browser that some users download, as trusted browsers sometimes disappoint them. But it is a dangerous browser to use.
If your browser starts to show you loads of ads all of a sudden, your computere might be at risk. This kind of browsers belong…
Protegent Antivirus is a program that pretends to be a registry cleaner. Still, it is a potentially unwanted program (PUP), trying to trick users into downloading it. In fact, it might be rarely downloaded from its main website.
A common trick is that its creators use…
GOSW ransomware is one of the most annoying issues that you may encounter. Ransomware is a malicious program that affects the files on your computer.
It encrypts and locks files on your computer. As it cannot do this to all the files, it can choose the files that its…
