Clicking any of the consent options will download the fraudulent updates. It emphasises that the latest version must be installed for optimal performance.įor example, to enable video and audio media and to play online games.
The background reiterates that updates are ready for installation. Users are urged to click "OK" to download the updates. The researched variant of s3.amazonawscom displays a pop-up window, which claims that the latest updates to Flash Player are ready to install. People often enter s3.amazonawscom unintentionally when they are redirected by intrusive advertisements or PUAs already infiltrated into the device. One researched variant of s3.amazonawscom operates by promoting a fake Adobe Flash Player updater, which in turn can be used to infiltrate systems with the aforementioned content. This website generates redirects to various other rogue web pages. These web pages are then used to spread Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs) such as fake system cleaners/optimizers, adware, and browser hijackers, and also malware including ransomware, trojans, etc. It is hosted by Amazon AWS (Amazon Web Services), a legitimate service intended to provide various IT-related resources/functionalities, however, it is commonly misused by cyber criminals to host malicious sites. The s3.amazonawscom website has been identified as proliferating a variety of unwanted and malicious content.
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