Website445-info.win

Website445-info.com is a browser hijacker that can interfere with the performance of your browser, like change your homepage, redirect your searchers, or slow down your machine. This new online tactic appears on infected computers as a pop-up window, and most likely spreads as part of some adware, freeware or torrent application. This PUP displays a deceptive message on the screen claiming that the victims' computers were infected with a Trojan or spyware, which could collect information like photos, CC details, email account login, or Facebook login. The misleading pop-up window urges the user to call the toll-free number '800-046-5264' within 5 minutes to contact engineers that could solve the problem over the phone, and prevent the computer from being disabled.

The primary goal of this parasite is to persuade the user to transfer money to the cybercrooks who stand behind the hoax. Website445-info.win is distributed through the URL 'hxxp://Website445-info.win,' which contacts the IP '2400:cb00:2048:1::6812:2b:2f.' The IP is registered to CLOUDFLARENET-Cloudflare, Inc. and it is located in the United States. Some anti-virus products detect Website445-info.win as a type of phishing malware, yet its capabilities imply it posses some features of a ransomware infection. For example, the pop-up can block the browser completely, and even switch the window into full-screen mode, making it thus difficult for the user to close the annoying box. Website445-info.win targets Windows computers and attacks the most widely used browsers, including Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer respectively.