The “IT Security Alert: Your Password Expires in 24 Hours” email falls into the phishing scam category. The email is a standard phishing attempt that tries to steal users’ email login credentials. It’s disguised as a notification from the IT Support Team and claims that your password is set to expire within the next 24 hours. According to the email, action…
The “UPS – Delivery Action Needed” email is a scam that tries to scam users out of money by claiming a parcel cannot be delivered because of incomplete information. The email is disguised as a notification from UPS, a shipping and parcel delivery company. According to the email, users have to confirm the address and payment within 24 hours. If…
jpadsnow.com is a scam website whose sole purpose is to trick users into allowing desktop ads. Immediately upon entering the site, you will get a browser alert saying “jpadsnow.com wants to show notifications”. This is a legitimate feature, so if you click “Allow”, you will authorize the site to show notifications that will appear on your desktop. However, jpadsnow.com is a…
KillBack ransomware is malware that encrypts files. It’s a type of infection that essentially takes personal/important files hostage and demands payment for their recovery. The ransomware can be recognized by the .killback extension added to encrypted files. Unfortunately, the ransomware will target all personal files, so most of your files will have the .killback extension if your computer becomes infected…
jpadsnetwork.com is a deceptive website that tries to trick users into allowing desktop ads. This site is identical to thousands of other sites that all do the same thing, which is misusing a legitimate browser feature that allows sites with permission to show notifications on users’ desktops. Unfortunately, instead of showing users useful content, sites like jpadsnetwork.com show ads. These ads…
If search-regal.com is loading every time you open your browser, you have a browser hijacker problem. A browser hijacker is a type of infection that essentially hijacks a browser and changes its settings in order to redirect users to sponsored websites. So if search-regal.com is loading when you open your browser, the browser has been hijacked and its settings have been changed.…
jpadscity.com is a scam website, identical to thousands of other sites that try to trick users into allowing desktop ads. As soon as you get redirected to the site, you will immediately get a browser alert saying “jpadscity.com wants to show notifications”. Because this is a legitimate browser feature, you will authorize the site to show ads on your desktop…
jlodgings.com is a generic scam website that tries to trick users into allowing desktop ads. This is done by misusing a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to request permission to show notifications on users’ desktops. However, if given permission, sites like jlodgings.com show ads instead of notifications that users would find interesting. Furthermore, these ads could expose users to potentially…