The '.loptr File Extension' Ransomware is a new version of the '.locky File Extension' Ransomware with symptoms including blocking your media with its encryption routine, switching your desktop's background and creating messages soliciting ransoms. Free decryptors may or may not be available for this threat, and malware experts recommend keeping backups or using anti-malware solutions for deleting the '.loptr File Extension' Ransomware by default. Threat actors with invested effort in the...

The Jaff Ransomware is a Trojan that can block your files with the use of an asymmetric encryption routine. Among its symptoms, victims may identify the hijackings of their desktop backgrounds, being unable to open any of the affected media, or seeing pop-ups asking them to visit the Trojan's ransom-processing website. Use anti-malware programs for removing the Jaff Ransomware as soon as possible and contact appropriate anti-malware experts if you need help with data recovery. The...

The Haters Ransomware is a variant of FTSCoder, a Trojan that can encrypt your files and display messages that may ask you for ransom money to decrypt them. Free data recovery solutions always are emphasized during attacks of this type, which seek to damage your local media in ways that the threat actors may not reverse necessarily even when you pay them. When possible, use anti-malware products for blocking and deleting the Haters Ransomware before it starts to encrypt any content. While...

The FuckTheSystem Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan based on the FTSCoder family and can block your media, such as pictures or documents. Its other attacks include filename changes and pop-ups, the latter of which may deliver ransom messages. Malware experts rate this threat as easily decryptable, and victims should be able to recover their files freely after deleting the FuckTheSystem Ransomware with any good anti-malware program. Threat actors are retaining an interest in using the...

The Chrome Cleanup Tool is a legitimate tool offered by Google to help users clean up their Google Chrome installation from the presence of questionable browser extensions such as adware and browser hijackers. This tool is safe, and it can be downloaded from the official Chrome page, but apparently, someone is using sketchy strategies to distribute questionable content disguised as a Chrome Cleanup Tool. The distribution of the questionable software happens via the 'Get the Chrome Cleanup...

The Better Tab is a browser extension that offers users to utilize a fresh new tab page that comes packed with a set of interchangeable backgrounds that can make the user's online experience a bit more appealing. In addition to the background customization options, opening the Better Tab's new tab page also reveals a random quote that some users might be interested in. However, it is important to note that the installation of the Better Tab may not enhance the user's Web browsing experience,...

The ThunderCrypt Ransomware is a Trojan that uses double-layered encryption to make your files' data illegible to their related programs. Its attacks also include launching pop-ups that ask for Bitcoin money before its threat actor provides a decryptor. Use free decryptors or backups, as appropriate, to recover anything that this Trojan locks, and anti-malware programs for removing the ThunderCrypt Ransomware as soon as possible. While it's not a programming obstacle, social engineering...

The UIWIX Ransomware is a Trojan that tries to block your files by encoding them with a potentially unbreakable cipher, which it exploits for delivering ransom demands. However, the administrators of file-encrypting Trojan campaigns don't always give up their purchased decryption service, and malware experts advise backing up your files for protecting your media. Otherwise, various anti-malware products may delete the UIWIX Ransomware during its introduction to your system. One can...

The New Tab Aid is a Web browser extension that is hosted on Mybrowserbar.com , as well as on the official Chrome app store. This piece of software appears only to be compatible with Google Chrome so that users who rely on other Web browsing clients are unlikely to experience the minor annoyance that the New Tab Aid's installation may cause. A quick look at the utility's description on the Chrome store reveals that the New Tab Aid does not offer anything unique to users and, instead, it...

SrchUSk is a bogus browser extension that may be promoted by website ads and pop-ups that promise users to provide them with the ability to search the Web privately, without revealing their search queries and preferences to marketing companies. In short, this is done to reduce the number of targeted ads the user sees, and this is supposed to be a good thing. However, users who opt to install SrchUSk may not experience a positive change. The only notable change that SrchUSk brings is that all...

The ZipLocker Ransomware is a Trojan that moves your media into a locked ZIP archive to stop you from opening them. Additional text instructions it may drop could ask you to pay money in return for the ZIP file's password. If necessary, recover your work through the other methods recommended in this article after deleting the ZipLocker Ransomware with the help of any good anti-malware program. While most file-locking threats exploit encryption directly, others use more roundabout or simple...

The Crypto-Blocker Ransomware is a file-encrypting Trojan that locks your files to coerce you into paying ransoms with the assistance of its pop-up messages. Although having an undamaged backup is the easiest way to block this threat's payload from being damaging, free decryption solutions also can be leveraged in lieu over making payments. A majority of anti-malware products also can remove the Crypto-Blocker Ransomware on sight automatically. Fake warnings are a hallmark of some teams of...

The Maykolin Ransomware is a Trojan that holds your files hostage for ransom money. Media attacked by the Maykolin Ransomware may be unusable permanently, and users are strongly advised to protect their local content with backups stored on other devices or servers. Although decryption isn't publicly available, many anti-malware programs can delete the Maykolin Ransomware, when afforded the opportunity. Previous versions of .NET Framework-based Trojans often included simple or payloads...

The Ruby Ransomware is a file-encryption Trojan that blocks other programs from opening your files by enciphering them with a custom algorithm. Since decryption research is ongoing, victims should restore their locked content through a backup whenever possible. Updated anti-malware programs also may delete the Ruby Ransomware during its installation routine, at which time its file usually will be named to imitate some form of 'safe' software. Courtesy of a new threat actor known only as...

The FrozrLock Ransomware is a variant of the FileFrozr Ransomware, a Ransomware-as-a-Service Trojan that can encrypt your files to block them and, then, deliver ransom messages. Additional attacks malware experts are associating with the FrozrLock Ransomware includes various means of damaging any local backups. Use non-local backups for protecting your files and anti-malware tools for blocking the FrozrLock Ransomware infections from the outset. In April, malware experts took notice of a...

The Magic PC Cleaner is advertised as a PC optimization utility that can enhance a computer's performance by getting rid of old prefetch data, cookies, junk files, system error logs, and other unnecessary data that applications and Windows tend to store on the hard drive. In addition to the scanner, the Magic PC Cleaner's presentation also claims that the software offers real-time protection from system errors and browser related errors, which is a very obvious exaggeration. No software is...

The GruxEr Ransomware is a Trojan from the Hidden Tear family that uses the AES-based encryption, in addition to other attacks, to block different file formats. It then displays a screen-locker window that asks you to pay its ransom within three days, although most PC users should try other recovery techniques that don't require upfront payments. You can defend your files against this threat by backing them up diligently and using anti-malware products to catch and remove the GruxEr...

The 'Error Hard Drive Safety Delete' pop-ups are technical support tactics that deliver inaccurate system warnings to encourage phone conversations with con artists. Such attacks often are the spearhead points through which fraudsters may implement other ones, such as installing backdoor Trojans or collecting your credit card information. PC users should clean their browsers after any contact with this threat, by deleting temporary files associated with it and using security products to...

System.donation-tools.org is a page used to host a faulty search engine that may not function properly and may be unable to provide visitors with search results. Naturally, no users would want to visit a page that does not provide them with the features it claims to have, but the case with System.donation-tools.org is a bit different because users might visit this page against their will. This unexpected event might be experienced by users who've accepted to install a browser hijacker related...

The mixGames Search is a browser hijacking extension whose installation may often occur without the user's knowledge. However, some users may agree to install this program knowingly since it promises to provide them with quick and free access to a large library of online games that can be played from their Web browser directly. Sadly, users who opt to install the mixGames Search may realize that no such thing will happen quickly, and the only notable change that this application brings is...