FilePlus is a Potentially Unwanted Program that is likely to serve as a download manager that promotes pirated content. The official website of the services appears to be very poorly constructed, and it claims to provide users with the ability to download various movies, games, albums, and separate songs that are arranged in different categories. However, the distribution of pirated content is forbidden, and that any software that claims to do that may sometimes perform suspicious operations...

The Malabu Ransomware is a low-quality crypto-threat that can lock files but, thankfully, a free decryption utility has been released to tackle this threat's encryption already. Regardless of the availability of a free decryptor, having your files locked by the Malabu Ransomware is still an unpleasant experience since the threat can encrypt the contents of documents, images, spreadsheets, archives, databases, various media files, and other files that are likely to contain important...

The BlackRose Ransomware is a threat that appears to originate from Taiwan, and it works in a well-known manner typical for crypto-threats – it encrypts the files of victims and then asks them to pay money in exchange for decryption instructions. The ransom fee that the BlackRose Ransomware demands is 1 BTC and the good news is that users whose files were locked by the BlackRose Ransomware will not have to send any money to the attackers or contact them at all. The reason for this is simple -...

The CoNFicker Ransomware is a threat whose name appears to be inspired by the Conficker worm, a threat that brought havoc to companies worldwide during 2008 and 2009 when it managed to cause damages worthing billions of dollars. Thankfully, the CoNFicker Ransomware is not associated with the original threat, and it is likely that the author has opted to plagiarize this name since it might mislead some users into thinking that they are messing with a more serious cyber threat. While it is...

Y2Go is a potentially unwanted program that may offer methods for monitoring or viewing web traffic. The Y2Go may be offered as an add-on component for popular web browser programs where it may be somewhat intrusive with its actions and display of pop-up features or even advertisements. In most cases, Y2Go is loaded due to the installation of third party apps, freeware or bundled apps downloaded from the Internet. The monitoring actions of Y2Go may posse somewhat questionable action for...

Wealthdaily.io is a questionable website that has been considered by many computer security researchers to be a browser hijacker. The reason for considering Wealthdaily.io as a browser hijacker is due to its associated components changing various Internet settings within popular web browser programs. The offer of Wealthdaily.io is to gift a service of supposedly trading over the Internet. However, use of Wealthdaily.io may be considered risky to some as many trading sites have secure login...

Linenews.org is a generic Internet search site that utilizes a customized Google search feature for finding items over the Internet. Use of Linenews.org is no serious risk to a computer. However, the search query results on Linenews.org may lead to results that are accompanied by several advertisements or sponsored links. Use of the various links found throughout may cause redirects to load sites that have questionable content. The automatic loading of Linenews.org may be due to having...

Ads by 2345Soft is an adware add-on component that may cause the display of random pop-up advertisements that offer various deals or coupons for shopping on the Internet. Ads by 2345Soft may be intrusive where they display when surfing the web or visiting specific shopping sites. It is known that Ads by 2345Soft may cause redirects or loading of sites that have questionable content that ends up being unwanted by most computer users. Those seeking to stop the activities of Ads by 2345Soft...

Quickstart.ninja is a questionable website that has been considered by many to be a browser hijacker. Upon first glance, Quickstart.ninja is a generic form of the Bing search engine site that may return search query results that are accompanied by several sponsored links or advertisements. It is believed that the creators of Quickstart.ninja market the site as par to of a pay-per-click scheme to earn money based on the clicks of those who use its Internet search feature. The search function...

The AutoEncryptor Ransomware is a Trojan that uses encryption to lock your files from opening and sells the key to unlocking them for Bitcoins. For most users, backups can offer a high degree of safety from the attacks occurring after infection by a file-encoding threat like this Trojan. In other cases, you should strive to use good anti-malware protection that blocks and removes the AutoEncryptor Ransomware during any of its installation exploits, such as compromised e-mail attachments....

Journal-good.net is a questionable site that some of deemed to be a browser hijacker. While the loading of Journal-good.net will not harm a computer, it may have links that cause redirects or loading of random sites that may later pose a threat or offer malicious software. In the case of Journal-good.net loading automatically as a default home page, computer users may take the necessary action to eliminate all associated add-on browser extensions. The detection and removal of all...

Search.aminzadeh.org has been identified as a browser hijacker that is prone to have associated add-on extensions that may load advertisements or cause the loading of a generic search site. Those who may use Search.aminzadeh.org are not in immediate danger of getting malware on their system. However, automatic loads of Search.aminzadeh.org may indicate that an affected PC has components associated with the browser hijacker installed that have changed various Internet settings or at least...

Betterfind.me is a browser hijacker and a site that has associated browser extensions that hijack certain settings within popular web browser applications. Those who may use the Betterfind.me site will be introduced to a basic Google search that is found to be a customized Google search that returns relevant search query results. Though, the results displayed through Betterfind.me may be accompanied by several sponsored links or advertisements as part of a pay-per-click scheme. The scheme is...

Bossnews.biz is a Russian search website that has been found by computer security researchers to be a browser hijacker that may be associated with several unwanted add-on browser extensions. Some computer users may notice Bossnews.biz loading automatically as either a default home page or new tab page within their web browser application. In such instances, those computer users are recommended to eliminate all components causing those actions, which may involve going into the control panel or...

Tools Plus us an advertisement program that may cause various pop-up ads or banner ads to appear when surfing the Internet using popularized web browser applications. The Tools Plus ads may appear at random where they offer various sale items or products throughout the Internet. Use of the Tools Plus ads by clicking on them may cause redirects or loading of sites that have questionable or unwanted content. Those seeking to eliminate the Tools Plus ads and stop any associated pop-up or...

The Sonic PDF Converter is a browser toolbar that appears to promote the same search page as the Convert That PDF and the Fast PDF Converter. One of the domain names associated with these extensions is Search.searchmpct.com, but there's no confirmation whether the Sonic PDF Converter may use the same domain as well. The primary domain which the Sonic PDF Converter uses (Search.sonicpdfconverter.com) is identical to Search.searchmpct.com, and the only difference is the presence of 'the Sonic...

Search.privacy-search.net is a search page that may appear in your Web browser if you installed a browser extension that promises to protect your privacy while navigating and searching the Web. In recent weeks we've covered several browser utilities, and many of them appear to be just rebranded variants of each other – Privacy Search Plus , Searchprivacy.co . Users who opt to install this application may be misled into thinking that they'll be enhancing their privacy but, in fact, all...

The WinSec Ransomware is a file-encrypting Trojan using a code based on the Hidden Tear family primarily. Its attacks can block your PC's files from opening and display interactive pop-ups that may ask for ransom money. PC users with anti-malware protection to block or delete the WinSec Ransomware by default can protect their files preemptively while having a remote backup can prevent any data-ransoming scenarios efficiently. The threat actors who borrow other people's code to launch...

The MOLE Ransomware is a new member of a Trojan family referred to as either CryptoMix or CryptMix Ransomware . Trojans within this group use a currently-unbreakable encryption method to encode and block your files, for which they extort ransom money. Users should avoid the delivery-themed e-mail links of this Trojan's campaign, along with having anti-malware products for eliminating the MOLE Ransomware or its installers in a preventative fashion. Once again, con artists are exploiting...

The Lishbos Registry Scanner is a paid PC optimization utility that some anti-virus vendors classify as a Potentially Unwanted Program. Users who stumble upon the Lishbos Registry Scanner's official page may be tempted to install this program because it promises to eliminate Registry errors, fix slow Pcs, and also increase the computer's performance. However, the downloadable version of the Lishbos Registry Scanner is not able to fix any issues – instead, it serves as a simple scanner that...