Sweep Clean PC Pro is advertised as a computer optimization software, but it is a clever tech support scam. 1-888-243-3533 is a phone number the program leaves on a compromised PC’s screen. The criminals behind the scam could also call…
Error code 0x00AEM0D1489 – “Windows Update cannot continue as your software copy is Expired/Corrupt. Please enter a valid product key to continue” – this is what users see after the malicious process “Microsoft.exe” locks their screen, pretending to be Windows…
Error #268D3 is an error code message that is shown on certain websites. 1-855-712-8551 is the main phone number for this tech support scam. The people behind the fake tech support team could call you from that number or another…
A new scam has been reported to be associated with a fake black screen website that is reported to deceive users that their system has crashed. Instead, the scam is nothing more than a web-page with a pop-up that cannot…
A familiar referral spam has released a new URL, named Share-button(.)xyz. Besides this URL, there are also other ones such as Get-Your-Social-Buttons(.)Info and Sharebutton(.)to which display relatively the same page and are all linked together. When visited, the site directly…
A new tech support scam associated with the website Axalisaiti(.)com has been reported to display a fake BSOD (Black Screen Of Death) screen with a fraudulent message stating there is an error on the user’s computer. The phone number 1-855-486-0354…
Referral traffic coming in from Adtiger(.)tk may be the last thing you want to see popping up on your Google Analytics page. This type of referral traffic is familiar as Ghost Referrer spam, and it is performed via a specially…
1-855-910-5732 is the phone number for a tech support scam. The people who stand behind the scam may call you from the number. You could get endless redirects in your browsers and be unable to get out of a browser…
Ah, if it isn’t the oldest trick in the book – cyber scam. It may come in all forms, and it can crawl everywhere, just like paparazzi trying to film a Hollywood star. But the “stars” here actually go by…
Security researchers have identified a suspicious pop-up which appears to be caused by the process OSFirewall.exe. Once the process is running actively on the user PC, it displays a pop-up with a scareware message prompting to call the number 1-855-270-1376.…
A new tech support scam has been reported to roam around infecting users left and right. It is connected with the phone number 866-836-6745 with code “1-“. The scammers on the other side of the phone have been reported to…
1-855-718-3514 is a phone number of a tech support scam. You may get a phone call from that number. You may get constant redirects in your web browser and be unable to get out of it with a fake BSOD…
Tech support scams promoting suspicious toll free numbers are nothing new but yet they continue to affect and fool many users. One of the reasons for their success is that such scams always apply the name of Microsoft or another…
System-health-report(.)info is a web page of a tech support scam. You may constantly be redirected to the page and unable to get out of it or the browser. Pop-ups support the scam by claiming that your “Windows firewall has detected…
Referral spam by Cityadspix(.)com web links has been reported to affect hosts’ Google Analytics data. The questionable spam leads to what appears to be a blank website with a white dot in the middle. However, there are various URLs advertised…
Referral spam messages have appeared online advertising suspicious third-party websites by using web links provided by legitimate ad-providing services such as Adcash(.)com have been reported to affect users. The web links being spammed are related to the reputable Adcash service…
Error-2543253452345234543(.)xyz is a domain of a fake tech support website. You might repeatedly be redirected to the domain and unable to get out of it or the browser as well. Pop-ups also support the scam and state that your personal…
A tech support scam that resembles an antivirus program is reported to display pop-ups to many users online. The software has something to do with the web domain Deficittower(.)net which might be advertised in several different means. The users who…
A new tech support scam resembling a Microsoft Tech Support service has been reported to affect users massively. It is associated with the domain profittower(.)com that may be advertised via unwanted software installed on the affected computer. Users who come…
PCvirusalerts(.)net is the domain of a fake tech support website. You can constantly be redirected to the domain and unable to get out of it or the browser as a whole. Pop-ups also support the scam and claim that your…
