Today, we would like to discuss some very persistent Tech Support Scammers with you. After installing a file – which was…
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AdLoad: an advertisement bombarder
While looking into an infection associated with a “system optimizer”—Didn’t we say they’re digital snake oil?—we identified a multi-functional installer called…
Fileless infections: an overview
To date, there are a number of so-called fileless infections. By fileless infections or fileless malware, we are referring to an…
TopFlix: a DNS Unlocker variant
Author’s Note: We at Malwarebytes continue to do our part in educating our product users and constant blog readers about day-to-day…
Windows AppLocker: An Introduction
Windows AppLocker is a feature that was introduced in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 as a means to limit…
Adware Dotdo FastInternet blocks security-related domains
Author’s Note: We at Malwarebytes continue to do our part in educating our product users and constant blog readers about day-to-day…
Free Youtube Downloader PUP is just another tech support scam
Author’s Note: We at Malwarebytes continue to do our part in educating our product users and constant blog readers about day-to-day…
Yontoo: PUPs with two faces
Author’s Note: We at Malwarebytes continue to do our part in educating our product users and constant blog readers about day-to-day…
Trojan.DNSChanger circumvents Powershell restrictions
In recent variants of the infamous DNS-changer adware we have found that the coders use a particularly interesting method to bypass…
A Brief Guide to FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION
This blog post explains what FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION is and why browser hijackers seem to love it. It also points out that this…