If Searchmusicstream.com is set as your homepage, your computer is infected with a browser hijacker. It’s not a particularly serious infection, and it mainly tries to redirect users to sponsored websites.
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Nipwaghue.com is a questionable website to which you may be redirected by adware or high-risk sites you visit. The site is promoting a social engineering scam that tries to trick you into agreeing to be spammed with ads on your desktop, which is why you see a pop-up alert saying “Nipwaghue.com wants to show notifications” when you get redirected to…
Personal information of 533 million Facebook users is now freely available after a database containing the information was put on a low-level hacking forum for free. The database contains full names, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, and locations.
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a warning about a scam campaign inviting users to fill in a COVID-19 post-vaccine survey to win prizes. DOJ warns that these fake surveys are meant to steal money and personal information.…
sakh.site is a highly questionable website, trying to trick users into subscribing to ads. The site is identical to many others, all of which misuse a browser feature that allows sites to show notifications to users. When you get redirected to sakh.site, a pop-up will appear saying “sakh.site wants to show notifications”. Granting this permission means seeing ads on the…
Instabio.cc is a website that promotes itself as a service that allows one to add multiple links to their Instagram bio. However, it is detected as a phishing website by certain anti-virus programs, which is why we advise against using it. Furthermore, users should be very careful about clicking on any Instabio.cc links they encounter on other users’ Instagram accounts…
In March’s edition of cybersecurity news headlines, there are only three stories to report on. There were no significant hacks or data breaches but some stories did make bigger headlines. A teen hacker responsible for the Twitter bitcoin giveaway scam has been sentenced to three years in prison for his “mastermind” role in the incident that made headlines all over…
Vlc Plus Player Virus can refer to either a potentially unwanted program (PUP) installed on your computer, or a false positive detected by adware cleaning tool AdwCleaner.
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