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Do you know about malware spread by shortened links from tinyurl.ru in the United Kingdom or around the world? It is very difficult to identify a website address that has been obscured by tinyurl.ru.

Did you know that tinyurl.ru has a different domain than tinyurl.com? Are you able to protect your data and device from malware? Let’s take a look at how Tinyurl Ru Scam worked.

Tinyurl.ru Scam:

Many websites were launched using the name TinyURL, followed by a number. Tinyurl is used to reduce long URLs, making them more difficult to manage. Long URLs can be difficult to insert in messages or as hyperlinks. TinyURL services can be very helpful in reducing URL lengths that are included in messages. Tinyurl.ru appears to be a fraud.

TinyURL masked the URL of the original website, which was used by scammers. To get the gifts, the link was masked and asked users to complete small surveys. These were Tinyurl Ru Scam.

A few messages were also posted on social media such as Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram. These messages attempted to lure people with giveaways such as 5K barbeques, 10K free gifts for women’s days, 5K Cadbury chocolates, and so forth.

Features of Tinyurl.ru

Tinyurl.ru has an average trust score of 50%, 100% business ranking and 1% suspicious site score. But tinyurl.ru’s Alexa rank is poor at 12,028,568.

Tinyurl.ru uses HTTP protocol which is less secure. Its IP 31.31.205.163 is protected by a valid SSL certificate that will last for 302 days. Its SSL certificate cannot be trusted by all browsers. Tinyurl.ru was created on 16 October 2019. The country of origin and details of the owner are not known.

How does Tinyurl Russia Scam Malware Links work?

Scammers plotted to send malware links in a few messages. These malware links were masked by TinyURL and targeted various types of internet browsers, such as Chrome, IExplorer, Firefox, IExplorer, etc.

The malware was installed under different program names on users’ devices. It also altered the URL of ‘.exe” files in internet browsers making it more difficult to launch.

Protection against malware:

  1. You must restore the address of the “.exe” file that is used to launch various internet browsers.
  2. Clear all cookies from internet explorers
  3. To avoid Tinyurl Ru Scam, internet explorers must restrict access to microphone, camera, location, and so forth.
  4. You must remove any suspicious extensions or extension names that you don’t recognize.
  5. It is necessary to remove suspiciously installed applications.
  6. A virus scan must be done.

Conclusion:

Tinyurl.ru could be a scam because the website isn’t accessible directly. Instead, it redirects users to rutor.org which has the latest films available for import. Scammers also shortened malware links using tinyurl.ru and shared them on social media.

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