Searchy.online

Posted: May 9, 2017 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Searchy.online is a simple search page that delivers results from Google so that using it on a daily basis should not affect your Web browsing habits or searches in a negative manner. However, it is important to note that most people may not set Searchy.online as their default homepage or new tab page on purpose. Quite often, this change is caused by the installation of a browser hijacker that may be disguised cleverly as a browser extension claiming to improve the user's Web browsing...

BitKangoroo Ransomware

Posted: May 9, 2017 | Category: Ransomware
The BitKangoroo Ransomware is a Trojan that encrypts your files to stop you from opening them, an attack that it supplements by displaying pop-ups asking you to pay for the decryptor's key. Since this threat also may delete files periodically or under user-instigated conditions, victims should be careful to disable and remove it quickly to minimize the impact to their PCs. Most anti-malware products should uninstall the BitKangoroo Ransomware without incident, and free methods for unlocking...

Hpwombat

Posted: May 8, 2017 | Category: Adware
Hpwombat is an add-on application and component that may cause advertisements to display or load when surfing the Internet. The Hpwombat ads may be made up of various surveys or questionaires that may be intrusive where they interrupt your ability to surf the Internet. The use of Hpwombat ads may cause unwanted redirects to load pages that have questionable content. Additionally, the Hpwombat ads may cause performance issues with popular web browser applications, such as Internet Explorer,...

Beautify Desktop Wallpaper

Posted: May 8, 2017 | Category: Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)
Beautify Desktop Wallpaper is touted as an add-on component for your system that promotes the addition of wallpaper background for your Windows PC desktop. While some may find Beautify Desktop Wallpaper useful, the Beautify Desktop Wallpaper application is considered as a potentially unwanted program. As a result, Beautify Desktop Wallpaper may perform unwanted actions for some, where they consider the offered functions of Beautify Desktop Wallpaper to be unnecessary and will want to remove...

Kolytorelflbe.ru

Posted: May 8, 2017 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Kolytorelflbe.ru is a browser hijacker known to offer an internet search that may return results accompanied with random advertisement links or sponsored links. Use of those ads may cause site redirects or loading of other pages that have unwanted content. The Kolytorelflbe.ru site usually has associated browser add-on extensions that have loaded to cause Kolytorelflbe.ru to load automatically in some cases. Removal of Kolytorelflbe.ru may involve finding those related add-on extensions and...

ComboTab

Posted: May 8, 2017 | Category: Browser Hijackers
ComboTab is known as a web browser extension that may modify Internet settings sometimes causing an alternative page to load automatically as a default home page. Those who encounter ComboTab may be presented with a search page that has various advertisements and sponsored links. Use of the ComboTab page is a method for searching the Internet. However, use of ComboTab may return search queries that are accompanied by several ads and sponsored links. The task of stopping the actions of...

Media Player Air

Posted: May 8, 2017 | Category: Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)
Media Player Air is a potentially unwanted program that may offer various services for playing or streaming media content over the Internet. The Media Player Air scheme may be presented when surfing the web where it attempts to offer certain media content but wants you to download a program or add-on component for your PC to do so. Those who opt to download such may be presented with a malicious program or one that proves to be unnecessary. Computer users will want to eliminate the threat of...

News1fr.org

Posted: May 8, 2017 | Category: Browser Hijackers
News1free.org is a generic search site in Russian that may offer methods for finding certain items over the Internet. While some users may find News1free.org useful, the uncertainty surrounding News1free.org involves the various advertisements or sponsored links that may be accompanied with search results or found on the home page of News1free.org. Even though use of News1free.org may not cause issues on a computer, the various advertisements links may be a gateway to redirect your browser...

Measuring.online

Posted: May 8, 2017 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Measuring.online is a browser hijacker that may have associated add-on browser extensions that may cause automatic loads of certain sites or a site as a new tab page. The use of Measuring.online may not be harmful to a PC. Though, using Measuring.online and its functions could lead to the display of random links or advertisements that if used could cause redirects or loading of an unwanted site. In the event of Measuring.online loading automatically or changing new tab pages without your...

Fatboy Ransomware

Posted: May 8, 2017 | Category: Ransomware
The Fatboy Ransomware is a Ransomware-as-a-Service or RaaS Trojan that threat actors can 'hire' for conducting separate campaigns that encrypt their victims' files. Its features include significant support for the ransom-demanding side of the payload, which encourages you to pay Bitcoins to restore any blocked content. PC users should use standard anti-malware applications for uninstalling the Fatboy Ransomware and contact trusted anti-malware researchers for any other, necessary recovery...

Newht Ransomware

Posted: May 8, 2017 | Category: Ransomware
The Newht Ransomware is part of the Hidden Tear family of Trojans that encrypt your files with an AES-based cipher. Con artists use the Newht Ransomware and similar threats to collect money through their ransoming messages by claiming to sell the decryption key. Although deleting the Newht Ransomware with an appropriate security program is highly advisable, maintaining regular backups also can keep its attacks from causing any undue harm to your digital media. In spite of the months-old...

Rans0mlocked Ransomware

Posted: May 8, 2017 | Category: Ransomware
The Rans0mlocked Ransomware is a Trojan that can lock your files by modifying them with an encryption algorithm. Its attacks include pop-up windows for demanding payments to unlock your content. Since these symptoms appear after the Trojan has already blocked your media, malware experts recommend adhering to basic backup strategies for payload mitigation and using anti-malware protection to remove the Rans0mlocked Ransomware. Threat actors investing in file-encrypting Trojan campaigns...

MyMapsExpress Toolbar

Posted: May 8, 2017 | Category: Possibly Unwanted Program
The MyMapsExpress Toolbar is a browser add-on, which is affiliated with both Mindspark Interactive Network and MyWay.com. As the name of this add-on indicates, it is meant to provide users with instant access to online maps, driving directions, shortcuts, and other information, which might help some users plan their daily commute or a future trip. While these features might be useful now and then, most users are probably aware that there are tons of free online maps services, which they can...

PEC 2017 Ransomware

Posted: May 5, 2017 | Category: Ransomware
The PEC 2017 Ransomware is an Italian Trojan that blocks its victims' files and sells the corresponding decryptor through HTML messages. Because the availability of decryption software can vary, malware researchers advise all concerned PC users back their work up to another drive or server to restrict all encryption-related damages. Anti-malware products also may remove the PEC 2017 Ransomware or its disguised installers. Terms like 'system cleaner' or 'file cleaner' are ubiquitous but...

Lockify Ransomware

Posted: May 5, 2017 | Category: Ransomware
The Lockify Ransomware is a member of the Hidden Tear family of Trojans with file-encrypting attacks deriving from previously open-source code. Because this family may delete your local backups, external ones can provide more certain recovery options for any users without decryption possibilities on hand. Malware experts also encourage protecting your PC with appropriate anti-malware tools able to remove the Lockify Ransomware or its installers without letting your files be damaged. Since...

Cry128 Ransomware

Posted: May 5, 2017 | Category: Ransomware
The Cry128 Ransomware is part of the Crypton Ransomware family of file-encrypting Trojans. After the encryption routine locks your data, the Cry128 Ransomware creates messages redirecting you to its ransom-paying site for unlocking purposes. Malware experts recommend using any other recovery method, if possible, along with standard security practices and software for removing the Cry128 Ransomware. Although large families of RaaS-based threats like the Cerber Ransomware , and even some...

Cerber 6 Ransomware

Posted: May 5, 2017 | Category: Ransomware
The Cerber 6 Ransomware is a spring 2017 update to the Cerber Ransomware family, providing additional anti-security features and a new, potentially more secure encryption routine. Installation methods for this category of threats focus on e-mail spam attachments, which conceal the Trojan's installer as being a safe content. Back up your files and disregard ransom demands, when possible, to protect your data from this Trojan, and use anti-malware products for removing the Cerber 6 Ransomware...

Carrerafun.club

Posted: May 5, 2017 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Carrerafun.club is a misleading site and part of browser hijacker scheme that may offer an alleged computer fix service. The Carrerafun.club popups from its home page may be displayed at random where they attempt to claim that your computer is blocked and certain actions must be taken. Carrerafun.club may also go as far as to leverage the name of Microsoft to make it seem as if it is from a legitimate source. Those who opt to use the provided toll-free number on the Carrerafun.club site or...

CTF Ransomware

Posted: May 5, 2017 | Category: Ransomware
The CTF Ransomware is a Trojan most likely built as part of an educational demonstration for a cyber security event. Although its origins are non-threatening, independent threat actors trying to turn its payload into live may hijack the CTF Ransomware’s code, file-encrypting attacks against unprotected PC users. Simply having backups can keep this Trojan from damaging your files in the long term, but identifying and removing the CTF Ransomware with anti-malware tools beforehand is alway...

CryptoMeister Ransomware

Posted: May 5, 2017 | Category: Ransomware
The CryptoMeister Ransomware is a Trojan that tries to lock your files by encoding them with an encryption algorithm, after which it loads a French-based pop-up. Obeying the pop-up alert's ransoming instructions may not provide you with data recovery, and malware experts discourage it except as a last resort. Updated anti-malware products can protect your PC from this threat by removing the CryptoMeister Ransomware before the encryption routine starts. France, once again, is under attack...