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Pay2Decrypt is a ransomware-type virus that encrypts personal data and blackmails victims into paying the so-called ransom. A ransom is usually some amount of money cybercriminals demand from users for file decryption. Each file encrypted by the virus will appear with the .PAY2DECRYPT extension and a set of random characters. To illustrate, a sample originally named 1.pdf will be changed to 1.pdf.PAY2DECRYPTRLD0f5fRliZtqKrFctuRgH2 resetting its icon as well. After this, users will no longer be able to open and view the encrypted file. Immediately after successful encryption, the ransom creates hundred text files with identical content - Pay2Decrypt1.txt, Pay2Decrypt2.txt, and so forth until Pay2Decrypt100.txt.

"McAfee Subscription Has Expired" is a message that one can receive to his or her e-mail address. On the initial basis, McAfee is a legitimate company developing professional solutions against various computer threats. However, cybercriminals use its name to spread fake messages about expired subscriptions and that users have to renew them. It is said that people ('who got lucky to receive this e-mail'), are eligible to use a one-day limited offer and purchase a 2-year McAfee subscription of completely antimalware experience for only $29.99. Clicking on the "Buy now" hyperlink leads to a rogue website that displays a fake list of detected threats on your PC. Of course, it is fake and otherwise designed to force inexperienced users into paying for non-existing subscriptions or downloading suspicious software. Entered card details on shady websites like this may be collected to steal more money and sell information to third-party figures. Thus, if you got tricked into entering your financial credentials, we recommend you call your bank and block the utilized card immediately. Messages like "McAfee Subscription Has Expired" may be delivered to users who, in fact, have never had any relation with McAfee Antimalware services. This would be a good sign for such users to assume that it is a scam created to extort money from them. Read our guide below to learn more useful information on protecting yourself against phishing means of distributing malware or scam techniques.

Undoubtedly, smartphones have become an integral part of our everyday lives. We are all inherently dependent on them, and any problems related to their consistent usage may put us into an awkward spot. This is what has been a subject of worry to some percentage of people experiencing problems with Android devices. Specifically, the scope of such issues has been centered around unexpected restarting or crashing cases that occur while performing various tasks. Due to this, some users are left with little or none of adequate device usage to satisfy their needs. Unfortunately, there is no single reason why such issues occur - it can be linked to the outdated operating system, incompatibilities caused by third-party apps, the presence of malware, insufficient memory space, and, in rarer cases, even hardware problems. Below, we have compiled a guide with the most potential and efficiency-tested solutions to breathe new and flawless life into your Android smartphone. Note that all instructions located below are generic and can only differ slightly on some smartphone models.

DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN is a browser error preventing users from visiting some desired pages in Google Chrome. It has quite similar symptomatic traits to other connection issues such as ERR_NETWORK_ACCESS_DENIED, ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED, and ERR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED as well. Users are oftentimes greeted with a message like "This site can't be reached" offering no working solution to get over the problem. All errors of this type do not have one single cause of appearance - there can be a number of different reasons striking each user. This list of potential reasons usually comes from issues with DNS and IP-Address performance which become evident when trying to establish a website connection. This can be therefore caused by software conflicts, wrong configuration settings, and other hiccups leading to problems with the connection. If you are sure that the URL address of the website you are trying to visit is typed correctly and no basic solutions result in success, feel free to follow our tutorial below for an advanced list of resolution methods. There are 8 of them in total to try and succeed in opening problematic websites eventually.

Sojusz is the name of a ransomware infection. It belongs to the Makop ransomware family that designs a number of different file encryptors. Sojusz blocks access to data and demands money for its decryption. The research showed it highlights encrypted files by assigning a random string of characters, ustedesfil@safeswiss.com email address, and the .sojusz extension. Latest versions of Sojusz used following extensions: .bec, .nigra, .likeoldboobs, .[BillyHerrington].Gachimuchi, This means a file like 1.pdf will be changed to 1.pdf.[fd4702551a].[ustedesfil@safeswiss.com].sojusz and become no longer accessible. After all targeted files end up encrypted this way, the virus creates a text file called -----README_WARNING-----.txt (later versions created also: !!!HOW_TO_DECRYPT!!!.txt, Horse.txt, README_WARNING_.txt and #HOW_TO_DECRYPT#.txt ransom notes).

OpenSea email scam stands for a fake OpenSea campaign that distributes intentionally phishing letters. Initially, OpenSea is a legitimate and world-famous NFT marketplace allowing users to buy/sell their digital assets (NFTs). Unfortunately, there are cybercriminals impersonating its traits in such scam e-mail letters. These e-mail messages are often sent under the subject of "Migrate Your Ethereum Listings Starting Today" to fool OpenSea users into clicking on the suggested "Get Started" button. Scam developers claim it is necessary to extend Ethereum listings on a new smart contract unless users want to pay additional gas fees. In fact, this button is meant to trick users into revealing their log-in credentials to cybercriminals. As a result, victims can end up being robbed on both the NFT marketplace and cryptocurrency wallets. If you, yourself, became a victim of this scam scheme, we therefore strongly advise you to change your password and secret phrases in order to prevent swindlers from abusing your data again. Even better would be to create a completely new account from scratch. To be more protected against such phishing attacks in the future, it is important to be careful and double-check the information provided. You can also read our guide below for more useful tips about staying secure on the Internet.

"Unfortunately, There Are Some Bad News For You" is a pure e-mail scam message. It is designed and promoted by cybercriminals to extort money from users based on privacy threats. To elaborate, the message contains a fake and explicit story (maybe in different languages) claiming the recipient was captured on camera while visiting adult-oriented resources. This happened, extortionists say, due to a malware infection that attacked the system and granted developers remote access to PC features several months ago. The information is followed by threats to spread the allegedly recorded content to friends and third-party entities interested in its monetization. Cybercriminals ask to pay about $1750 in Bitcoin for the prevention of leakage. As we already mentioned above, there is nothing users should worry about since all the written claims are fake and do not bare real threats to users who received them. Therefore, this or any similar message should be ignored and reported as spam to avoid its delivery in the future. In general, this type of scam is used quite often - fraudulent figures try to create a story that would potentially coincide with what users were doing at a given point in time. Below, we have created a guide with useful tips on how to avoid such e-mail scam techniques and lower the chance of their delivery.

Quite recently, hackers found a new Windows vulnerability to aid the penetration of systems with malware. The exploit is inherently related to MSDT (Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool) and allows cybercriminals to perform various actions by deploying commands through the PowerShell console. It was therefore called Follina and assigned this tracker code CVE-2022-30190. According to some reputable experts who researched this problem, the exploit ends up successful once users open malicious Word files. Threat actors use Word’s remote template feature to request an HTML file from a remote web server. Following this, attackers get access to running PowerShell commands to install malware, manipulate system-stored data as well as run other malicious actions. The exploit is also immune to any antivirus protection, ignoring all safety protocols and allowing infections to sneak undetected. Microsoft does work on the exploit solution and promises to roll out a fix update as soon as possible. We thus recommend you constantly check your system for new updates and install them eventually. Before that, we can guide you through the official resolution method suggested by Microsoft. The method is to disable the MSDT URL protocol, which will prevent further risks from being exploited until an update appears.