3 Common Cryptocurrency Scams and How to Avoid Them

A report by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has revealed that in a span of 8 months, people have lost over $80 million to cryptocurrency investment scams. Compared to last year, the reported losses have increased nearly 1000%. The numbers, while extremely worrying, are not particularly surprising. The cryptocurrency buzz over the last couple of years has attracted a lot…

Delete Salewedding1.xyz redirects

Salewedding1.xyz is one of many scam websites that push a social engineering scam to trick users into agreeing to see ads on their desktop. Such sites misuse a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to show users notifications but instead of useful content, they show advertisements. When you get redirected to the site, you’ll get a browser notification that says…

How to delete Epicsearches.com browser hijacker

Epicsearches.com is a site that will be set as your homepage if your computer is infected with a specific browser hijacker. It’s not a dangerous infection but it can be very annoying because it changes your browser’s settings without permission and tries to redirect you to sponsored websites. Redirecting you to those sites is its main goal so the hijacker…

Delete Smoothmicro1.xyz ads

Smoothmicro1.xyz is a very typical scam website that tries to trick users into allowing advertisements on their desktops. If you get redirected to it, the site will show either a movie playing or a game, and then display an alert saying “Smoothmicro1.xyz wants to show notifications”. If you click “Allow”, you will start getting ads on your desktop.

Uploymentake.biz ad removal

Uploymentake.biz is a scam website that tries to trick users into allowing ads on the desktop. It misuses a legitimate browser feature to do that, which is why you’ll see an alert saying “Uploymentake.biz wants to show notifications” when you get redirected to the site. Allowing these notifications will allow the site to spam you with ads on your desktop.

750GB of data stolen in Electronic Arts (EA) breach

Electronic Arts (EA), the company behind such games as The Sims and FIFA, has reportedly been a victim of a cyberattack during which hackers were able to steal 750GB of data, including game source codes and internal tools. The stolen data is being sold for $28 million, with hackers promising “full capability of exploiting on all ea services”.

Remove Gameswines1.xyz redirects

Gameswines1.xyz is a high-risk website that shows various scams that try to trick users into allowing ads on their desktops. When you get redirected to the site, your browser will show a notification that says “Gameswines1.xyz wants to show notifications”, and if you click “Allow”, your desktop will be spammed with ads. Some of those ads could expose you to…

How to delete Mediatab.club browser hijacker

If Mediatab.club is suddenly loading every time you open your browser, a browser hijacker is infecting your computer. The infection changed your browser’s settings in order to redirect you to sponsored websites, some of which could be potentially dangerous. Though it is not a particularly dangerous infection, it’s best to remove Mediatab.club hijacker as soon as possible.