Globe is ransomware-type virus developed in honor of the popular Purge movies. après l'infiltration, Globe commence à analyser et à crypter les fichiers, then it changes extension of infected files by adding .globe or .purge. Les attaquants laissent l'instruction essentielle sous forme de fichier “Comment restaurer vos fichiers.hta” que vous trouverez dans chaque dossier avec les données cryptées.
HotShoppy is an adware program for Mac OS similar to EasyShopper, LiveShoppers, et Shoppers bestweb. The program is allegedly designed for enhancing Internet shopping experience, mais en réalité, it only diminishes it. After launch, HotShoppy starts producing countless ads containing various lucrative offers.
Rocket tab is a potentially unwanted program that gets on computer without user’s consent. Le programme déclare avec véhémence qu'il peut améliorer votre expérience de navigation sur Internet en permettant d'utiliser simultanément plusieurs moteurs de recherche dans une seule fenêtre. Réellement, it hijacks your browser settings in such a way that your browser will filled up with ads, masquer le contenu du site Web.
Secure-surf.net is a browser hijacker which positions itself as legitimate Internet search engine. But it’s completely bogus, the main task is to advertise and promote various third-party’s products. Despite its main slogan stating “The search engine that respects your privacy”, it’s quite the opposite entirely.
Start-pagesearch.com is a rogue search engine that is commonly installed without user’s knowledge. It tweaks browser settings forcibly assigning homepage and default search engine to start-pagesearch.com. Despite claims of developers, they created their product only for advertising and link promotion. The program is not a malicious, néanmoins, les publicités, produced by it, can pose computer security threat.