Savings Assistant is an adware program that displays pop-up advertisements and sponsored links, and offers coupons via a pop-up box on Ebay, Amazon, Walmart and other online shopping websites that you web users are visiting. These pop-up advertisements will be displayed by Savings Assistant as boxes, which contain a variety of coupons that are available or as underlined keywords, which, when clicked, will show an advertisement that declares it is sent to the computer user by Savings Assistant. Savings Assistant is an extension for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome...

A good example of malware that's capable of pulling double-duty, Win32.HLLW.Phorpiex.54 can be considered both a worm and a backdoor Trojan, with functions for distributing copies of itself along with functions for enabling criminal access to any infected computer. Removable hard drives (such as those found in any conventional USB device) are one of Win32.HLLW.Phorpiex.54's favorite infection methods, along with the ever-popular technique of e-mail spam. Due to its combination of invasive backdoor functions and heavy propensity for infecting other PCs, SpywareRemove.com malware experts...

A particularly prominent form of browser hijacker since early 2013, Trojan.Hosts.6815 remaps your DNS settings in negative ways, allowing Trojan.Hosts.6815 to redirect you from popular sites towards completely unrelated ones. Trojan.Hosts.6815's attacks may be used to infect your PC (by forcing your browser to load content that's responsible for drive-by-downloads like the Blackhole Exploit Kits ) or simply as a form of illegal revenue generation for Pay-Per-Click websites and advertisements. Trojan.Hosts.6815's favorite infection vectors often include safe websites that are hacked and...

BackDoor.Finder is both a backdoor Trojan and a browser hijacker with robust functions for compromising your PC that most noticeably include the ability to replace any search popular search engine's results with ones of its own choosing. Fake search results created by BackDoor.Finder are designed to look like real results from the search site that's being accessed, and SpywareRemove.com malware experts warn that BackDoor.Finder's links may force your PC into contact with malicious content or, somewhat less dangerously than that, simply sites that aren't particularly relevant to your...

Trojan.Win32.Jorik.IRCbot.xkt is a Trojan dropper that installs a predetermined payload onto your computer consisting of multiple types of malware, the most visible of which is a Bitcoin miner (a program that uses your PC's resources to create counterfeit digital currency). Since Trojan.Win32.Jorik.IRCbot.xkt's currency counterfeiting functions are both repetitive and ongoing, Trojan.Win32.Jorik.IRCbot.xkt is somewhat noticeable for PC users who keep an eye on their CPU usage rates, which will show an obvious spike from Trojan.Win32.Jorik.IRCbot.xkt's randomly-named memory process. Once...

Although its base domain (iplay.com) is a gaming website, Start.gamesagogo.iplay.com actually is a Yahoo-based search engine sub-domain and doesn't provide any features of note besides redirecting any search queries towards Yahoo. Start.gamesagogo.iplay.com's behavior hasn't elicited any alarm from SpywareRemove.com malware experts, but they have shown a perturbed interest in reports of browser hijacks related to Start.gamesagogo.iplay.com. Browser hijacks, or browser attacks that force you to visit various websites without your permission, always are the product of malware that should...

Trojan.Icepol is a family of regularly-updated Police Trojan Trojans that display general criminal alerts while also locking your desktop. These attacks, besides being a convenient excuse for the criminals behind Trojan.Icepol to demand your money, also prevent you from using your desktop – and, accordingly, making it difficult to remove Trojan.Icepol. Although the implication behind Trojan.Icepol's attack is that Trojan.Icepol will remove itself once you pay your legal fees, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers warn that Trojan.Icepol, in any of its myriad disguises, never is...

Discount Dragon is an adware application, which is created as a browser extension and is produced by 215 Apps. Discount Dragon displays annoying pop-up ads on numerous online shopping websites. Discount Dragon affects PC users of web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google chrome, and Internet Explorer. Discount Dragon is able to change browser settings to execute its unwanted functions on the infected computer. Every time the PC user browses online shopping websites, Discount Dragon will reveal a pop-up box, which shows Discount Dragon coupons and ads. Affected computer users will...

Security researchers have discovered a new malware-spreading campaign that utilizes Skype to infect friends of users whose Skype account has been compromised. Skype is a popularized application and service used for online communications, sharing of files and video chat. Many years hackers and cybercrooks have utilized similar online instant messaging platforms to share malicious links. It was discovered recently that Skype was a target for using compromised Skype accounts to send contacts of the pilfered account exclusively containing what appears to be a shortened goo.gl link. In...

TR\Crypt.ZPACK.Gen7 is a Trojan that proliferates through compromised websites and can be manually downloaded by web users together with freeware software products. TR\Crypt.ZPACK.Gen7 can download and install other security threats on the targeted computer system. TR\Crypt.ZPACK.Gen7 may potentially enable cybercrooks to get access and control over the compromised PC and steal confidential information. TR\Crypt.ZPACK.Gen7 may surreptitiously install harmful files on the hard drive and make modifications to the Windows Registry.

Trojan.Win32.Zapchast.affv is a Trojan that is included in the targeted attacks being sent via a web address registered in Shanghai. The titles of the malevolent document distributing Trojan.Win32.Zapchast.affv either point to articles from Men's Health magazine, involve military issues, or have Cyrillic file names. If opened, the malevolent documents will display a text document that involves the information promised in the title, while Trojan.Win32.Zapchast.affv is installed on the corrupted PC. When the exploit is run, it creates and runs a file named 'wordupgrade.exe'. This...

Even old PC threats still can be hazardous to modern PCs, and Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Datcaen.d is one of the latest examples of this truism at work: after being installed through e-mail, Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Datcaen.d installs Enfal, a backdoor Trojan that commonly is used to steal confidential information. Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Datcaen.d's attacks, like those of previous Enfal -based campaigns, appear to be targeted at specific government institutions and business industries, and casual PC users can consider themselves unlikely targets for Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Datcaen.d's e-mail attacks....

Smart Address Bar is a potentially unwanted program, which may change an affected computer's settings and then start interrupting an affected PC user's search sessions by displaying fake search results. Smart Address Bar modifies browser settings on all hijacked web browsers that are installed on the infected computer system without the PC user's permission and knowledge. Every time the compromised Internet browser is opened, Smart Address Bar diverts the victimized computer user to search.smartaddressbar.com or smartaddressbar.com. Smart Address Bar is difficult to detect and remove by...

Backdoor.Banechant is a backdoor Trojan that opens a back door and steals information from the infected computer system. When Backdoor.Banechant is executed, it creates the potentially malicious files on the corrupted PC. Backdoor.Banechant gathers the certain information such as File system information, internet connectivity, backdoor Trojan version, running processes, windows version and Local time from the affected computer system. Backdoor.Banechant transfers the information about the targeted PC to the specific remote location. Backdoor.Banechant connects to the certain URL.

Download Savings is an adware program that displays pop-up advertisements, offers coupons, and sponsored links via a pop-up box on Ebay, Amazon, Walmart and other online shopping websites that PC users are visiting. These pop-up advertisements will be displayed as boxes, which contain numerous coupons that are available or as underlined keywords, which, when clicked, will show an advertisement that claims it is sent to the PC user by Download Savings. Download Savings is an extension for Internet Explorer, Mozzila Firefox and Google Chrome that is usually added when the computer user...

ANSSI Ransomware is a Police Ransomware Trojan that displays fake ANSSI warnings while requesting fraudulent money transfers that are disguised as legal fines. ANSSI Ransomware's variants include multiple types of Police Trojans that target French PC users, including the Office Central de Lutte contre la Criminalité Ransomware , and their attacks never are indicative of any type of real law enforcement action against your computer. Because paying to unlock your computer from ANSSI Ransomware's popup is a risky solution, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend an alternative:...

Savings Addon is an adware program that displays numerous coupons offers and pop-up ads on popular websites, mainly online shopping websites, such as eBay, Amazon, Walmart and others. Savings Addon is mostly added to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers while PC users are downloading some other software products. Usually Savings Addon is bundled with free programs. Savings Addon may keep track of the victim's browsing activity and then use this information for marketing campaigns. Savings Addon invades affected computers without the victimized PC user's...

Coupon Cactus is an adware application that displays pop-up advertisements, offers coupons, and sponsored links via a pop-up box on Ebay, Amazon, Walmart and other online shopping websites that web users are visiting. These pop-up advertisements will be displayed as boxes, which include different coupons that are available or as underlined keywords, which, when clicked, will display an advertisement that declares it is sent to the web user by Coupon Cactus. Coupon Cactus is an extension for Internet Explorer, Mozzila Firefox and Google Chrome that is usually inserted when the Internet...

Savings Magnet is an adware application that displays coupon offers and pop-up advertisements on numerous websites. Savings Magnet enters into vulnerable computer systems bundled with free applications. Savings Magnet is downloaded to targeted PCs automatically, unless PC users deselect an option to download Savings Magnet while installing a desired program. It is a very popular way for third parties to advertise their software products this way as PC users are urged to check these applications out. Although Savings Magnet can offer some useful coupons and discounts for computer...

Trojan.Tiylon.B is a Trojan that opens a back door on the targeted PC. Trojan.Tiylon.B may masquerade as a reliable program in an attempt to trick PC users into downloading and installing it on the victimized computer. When active, Trojan.Tiylon.B may contact a remote server to receive instructions or new configuration data and download additional malware infections on the corrupted PC. Trojan.Tiylon.B allows attackers to obtain access and control over the affected computer. Trojan.Tiylon.B may steal the victim's confidential data and lead to data loss.