Pa15news.net

By LoneStar in Browser Hijackers

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Pa15news.net is part of a group of fake news websites offering computer users easy money with unbelievable 'work from home' opportunities. This is basically a cover for a phishing scam, a way to convince unsuspecting computer users to hand over their personal information in order to subscribe to this fake service. Pa15news.net is also related to malware, often being promoted with the help of dangerous browser hijackers. Pa15news.net web page is linked with various spam email campaigns advertising unbelievable job opportunities (which are literally too good to be true). Pa15news.net hosts a known online scam, which has been seen previously in such websites as Theclickcheck.com, News15o.net and Local1Oweb.com.

How Pa15news.net Scams Its Users

Pa15news.net contains various articles and supposed news stories supposedly advertising online career opportunities. These usually require no skills and education and are a blatant attempt at exploiting the current economic climate and the abundance of computer users desperate for employment. This scam serves as bait; once a victim falls for this scam that person is asked for their private data (such as social security number, address and name) supposedly in order to be able to connect them with their ideal job. Of course, this information is then resold to marketing companies and unscrupulous organizations that can use it to steal a computer user's identity and money. Because of this, Pa15news.net has been blacklisted by most online security providers.

Pa15news.net's Main Sources of Traffic

The two main ways in which Pa15news.net attracts web traffic include the following:

  • Pa15news.net is promoted through spam email and instant messages. Using a strong anti-spam filter and common sense when opening one's email messages can help prevent being exposed to the Pa15news.net website. In general, ESG malware researchers strongly advise against clicking on any embedded links or opening email attachments contained in spam messages.
  • The criminals behind Pa15news.net will also use a kind of malware known as a browser hijacker in order to promote Pa15news.net. This kind of malware infection takes over the victim's web browser and forces it to visit Pa15news.net repeatedly, usually involving tactics like changing the web browser's homepage to Pa15news.net and changing links so that they take the victim to Pa15news.net when they are clicked. The best solution for this kind of infection is the use of a reliable, fully updated anti-malware application.

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