The Adblocker For Youtube is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that is installed in the form of a Web browser extension. According to its official website, the Adblocker For Youtube may be compatible with Google Chrome, Opera and Mozilla Firefox. The extension is meant to enhance the user's online video viewing experience by getting rid of the advertisements displayed around and inside YouTube videos. For example, YouTube relies on the Google Ads, as well as video ads that may appear at...

Online ads may sometimes present content that is different from regular advertisements that promote various products, services and pages. Often, ads that use more aggressive techniques to attract the user's attention also may be involved in fraudulent activities. This is the case with the 'Important Security Alert From Windows' pop-ups – fake messages that may impair a Web browser's performance by preventing users from closing the pop-up or the tab that contains it. However, if you encounter...

The ‘Windows 7 Support – Case ID’ pop-ups are a new type of tactic that users might come across when they browse low-quality websites such as the ones linked to software cracks, illegal software downloads, and other borderline illicit digital content. These pop-ups are usually served by 3rd-party advertisers who pay the owners of the low-quality pages mentioned earlier to propagate their content. The pop-ups are not like the ones used by typical technical support tactics and, instead, the con...

The 'Firewall Detected Suspicious Network Connections' pop-ups are fraudulent Web browser messages that may appear on top of a website that has been designed to look like the original website of the Microsoft Windows. However, we assure you that neither the 'Firewall Detected Suspicious Network Connections' pop-ups nor the pages that promote them are affiliated with Microsoft, and the information published there, is entirely made-up. The sole purpose of the 'Firewall Detected Suspicious...

The Microcosm New Tab is a browser extension that promises to provide users with a beautiful replacement for their default new tab page. The replacement is supposed to provide them with a customizable homepage, a collection of editable bookmarks, as well as a weather widget that can give them the current weather conditions in various locations around the world. Although some users might find this useful, the Microcosm New Tab is identified as a Potentially Unwanted Program, and its...

The JeepersCrypt Ransomware is a file-encrypting Trojan that can stop you from opening your local media until you agree to pay the ransom demands shown in its pop-up messages. Either free decryption applications or preexisting backups can help you restore your content without agreeing to any extortion on the part of the threat actor. Various forms of anti-malware security also can hope to intercept or remove the JeepersCrypt Ransomware while limiting any damage to your PC's files. While...

Quick Search is a browser extension by Polarity Technologies LTD, and installing it on your computer may sometimes turn out to be a bad decision since Quick Search is meant to promote the page Search.searchquicks.com. Many of Polarity Technologies LTD's software products promote search engines by setting them as the default new tab page on the user's computer, and the case with Quick Search is not that different. However, Quick Search promotes Search.searchquicks.com, a page that appears to...

Yousearch.io is a search engine that may start appearing in your Web browser out of nowhere. This event may seem unexplainable, but the reason for it can be found in the list of installed Web browser extensions. The Yousearch.io website is associated with browser hijacking software that may be propagated in the form of browser extensions that are promoted as useful utilities. However, installing them may result in just one major change – Yousearch.io may be set as the default new tab page....

The AES-NI Ransomware is a Trojan that began attacking PC users late in 2016 by encrypting their files to hold the data for ransom. Although the Trojan attempts to exclude systems from specific regions, this blacklist isn't foolproof, and an infection can damage most of the files on your PC permanently. When your anti-malware products don't remove the AES-NI Ransomware preceding to its attacks, follow standard security guidelines to disinfect your PC and restore any encrypted content from the...

The NetSurf Ads may include a large number of products and service offers that some users might be interested. While these ads are not unsafe necessarily, it is important to note that advertising campaigns linked to NetSurf are not hosted on any website and, instead, these ads are distributed with the assistance of an adware application that goes by the same name. The NetSurf adware is promoted as a great online shopping assistant that can help users find the best deals online, view special...

Googlescan.ru is a search engine that at first may look like a legitimate and reliable page you can use to search the Web. However, there are several issues that Googlescan.ru might cause as you continue using it. First of all, this website is known to be linked to browser hijacking software that may adjust a Web browser's settings silently so that this homepage and new tab page point to Googlescan.ru. In addition to this, using Googlescan.ru may not be the most pleasant experience since...

Tf.org is a page that may appear in your Web browser out of nowhere, even though you've never heard of this website before. Unfortunately, this weird event is not just a coincidence, and there is a reasonable explanation why it is happening – you may have installed browser hijacking software on your computer recently. Browser hijackers may act in different ways, and the one linked to Tf.org appears to be one of the more aggressive of them – it may create fake shortcuts on the desktop, modify...

The ATLAS Ransomware is a minor variant of the file-encrypting CHIP Ransomware, which locks files, such as documents, by enciphering them. Symptoms for identifying and the ATLAS Ransomware infection include various changes to the names of all encrypted media, as well as the presence of text messages ransoming the decryptor. Decryption can be impossible for threats of this category, which is why detecting and removing the ATLAS Ransomware with anti-malware products before it scans your hard...

The Schwerer Ransomware is an AutoIt-based Trojan that encrypts your files to hold them for ransom. Paying the ransom isn't a guaranteed recovery option and may motivate further development of this Trojan. Malware experts recommend restoring any locked data with other strategies without charge. In all cases, you should try to catch and delete the Schwerer Ransomware with an appropriate anti-malware product before it compromises your PC. In terms malware experts often see, AutoIt is most...

The Cryptobyte Ransomware is an update of the Crptxxx Ransomware and, like its ancestor may lock your media by encrypting it. The Cryptobyte Ransomware supplements these attacks with messages that extort cryptocurrency in return for the decryption key to unlocking your files. Content recovery always should use alternatives, such as restoring from a backup, when possible, and any high-quality anti-malware solutions should block or remove the Cryptobyte Ransomware immediately. With most...

The '.onion File Extension' Ransomware is a Trojan that holds your local files hostage for ransom payments. The encryption attacks may or may not be reversible by free decryption solutions, although readers can protect their files by backing them up, monitoring vulnerabilities in their network configurations, and avoiding spam e-mails. Always uninstall the '.onion File Extension' Ransomware with a dedicated anti-malware product that can account for any secondary threats playing secondary...

The BestMusic Search is a browser extension that also may be distributed under the name 'MyMedia Search Plus.' Judging by the names that the software uses, it is probably supposed to help people search the Web for media (mostly music), and listen to it online or download it to their computers. However, the installation of the BestMusic Search may not enhance the user's ability to search the Web since it may only introduce one major change to the Web browser – it may set apps.searchalgo.com as...

The 'DeathNote Hackers' Ransomware is a member of the DNRansomware family of Trojans, which use AES encryption for locking your files and issues ransom demands through pop-up windows. Although victims should be able to use a built-in code to unlock their PCs, a complete recovery from file-encoding attacks may require having an earlier backup. Anti-malware products that block similar threats also can be relied upon for deleting the 'DeathNote Hackers' Ransomware before it scans for media to...

The Kindest Ransomware is a Trojan that encrypts your files and also decrypts them automatically while using its pop-up messages for promoting an educational video about file-encrypting threats like itself. Because of its potential for causing accidental, long-term damage to your media, malware experts don't recommend installing this Trojan without having backups, virtual environments, or other security measures in place. Until data on its distribution strategies are available, use...

The Faizal Ransomware is a Trojan from the Hidden Tear family that uses file-encrypting attacks to stop you from opening your files and asks for money to unlock them. Non-paying solutions to these attacks can include recovering from a backup or using free decryption utilities outside of the threat actor's purview. Although malware experts always encourage using prevention-based security protocols, most qualified anti-malware programs should be able to remove the Faizal Ransomware from your...