Iwebs.site

Posted: November 16, 2016 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Iwebs.site is a low-quality website that hosts a search engine, as well as quick links to a long list of popular Web destinations. The page is not associated with any suspicious activities such as the distribution of illicit or pirated content, potentially threatening software, or any other content that may cause harm to a visitor's computer. Regardless of this, Iwebs.site's reputation is not at all excellent since this page is associated with an aggressive browser hijacker whose installation...

Ransoc Screenlocker

Posted: November 16, 2016 | Category: Trojans
The Ransoc Screenlocker is a Trojan that locks your Windows desktop UI by displaying a fake legal warning and threatens you with legal action unless you pay a credit card fee. This threat is unusual for including personal details into its warnings that it collects from the PC's local files and various Web services, which enhance its appearance of legality. Malware researchers suggest that you restart your PC and disable this threat with accepted safe booting procedures before using...

Crypton Ransomware

Posted: November 16, 2016 | Category: Ransomware
The Crypton Ransomware is a Trojan that encrypts files on your PC to keep you from being able to open them. Con artists may generate revenue from the Crypton Ransomware's attacks by demanding ransom money for giving you a decryptor service, although such services are highly unreliable. Taking other means of protecting your essential media beforehand, and using anti-malware products to block or remove the Crypton Ransomware, are the measures malware experts primarily endorse. Some of the...

Angela Merkel Ransomware

Posted: November 15, 2016 | Category: Ransomware
The Angela Merkel Ransomware is a new member of the Exotic Squad Ransomware family. Like all branches of that family, the Trojan encrypts your file's with an algorithm intended to lock them out of being used until you pay its ransom. The Angela Merkel Ransomware has the potential to damage other software and data permanently, and using anti-malware protection to delete the Angela Merkel Ransomware during its installation is highly encouraged. Many of 2016's file-encrypting Trojans have...

Hackerman Ransomware

Posted: November 15, 2016 | Category: Ransomware
The Hackerman Ransomware is a re-release of Hidden Tear, a file-encrypting Trojan that unrelated threat actors may use for collecting extortion money. Attacks by the Hackerman Ransomware and all other Hidden Tear variants are susceptible to being negated by well-maintained backups and paying ransoms the Hackerman Ransomware asks for is not a recovery solution malware experts recommend. For preventing such damage in the first place, use anti-malware protection that can block and delete the...

Karma Ransomware

Posted: November 15, 2016 | Category: Ransomware
The Karma Ransomware is a Trojan that compromises your PC by installing itself when you download third-party software and blocks your files to ransom them. Making regular backups that you don't store on your local drive is one method malware experts recommend for making a recovery from these attacks efficient and cost-free. However, you always should strive to remove the Karma Ransomware or stop its installation with your anti-malware security before it has a chance to render permanent harm...

YafunnLocker Ransomware

Posted: November 15, 2016 | Category: Ransomware
The YafunnLocker Ransomware, also known by the alias of CryptoLuck, is a Trojan that blocks your files through an encryption technique and creates pop-ups to persuade you into paying a ransom. Paying these ransoms doesn't always give the victims their files back, and malware experts recommend investing in backups that can offer a reliable data recovery service. Outside of restoring your files by the usual methods, keeping anti-malware products for detecting and deleting the YafunnLocker...

Myluckysites.com

Posted: November 15, 2016 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Myluckysites.com is a low-quality search engine that may appear in your Web browser suddenly, although you never intended to visit it. This may happen with the help of a browser hijacker, a small piece of software that, once launched, modifies a Web browser's settings automatically so that they are set to certain values. In this scenario, the Myluckyistes.com browser hijacker is programmed to set the 'Myluckysites.com' as the default start page of the Web browser, or as the default new tab...

MyMemory

Posted: November 15, 2016 | Category: Possibly Unwanted Program
MyMemory is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) to the Windows operating system. This software is not threatening, and it may, in fact, turn out to be rather useful for some users since it allows them to set event reminders by using different notifications and other reminder options. While this feature is undoubtedly useful, MyMemory's End-User License Agreement warns users that by installing this application, they agree to authorize it to inject advertisements in their active Web browser...

Gingerbread Ransomware

Posted: November 14, 2016 | Category: Ransomware
The Gingerbread Ransomware is a crypto-threat designed to focus on residents of Russian-speaking countries. The ransomware is not that widely spread as of November 2016, but malware researchers have intercepted a working sample successfully, which reveals some interesting facts about the way the Gingerbread Ransomware operates, and it how it extorts its victims for money. The ransomware uses a ransom note written in Russian, and an English version was not found in the sample that malware...

'MagicMinecraft' Screenlocker

Posted: November 14, 2016 | Category: Ransomware
The 'MagicMinecraft' Screenlocker is an annoying program that may be distributed as a free version of Minecraft, a game that is already free to download and play. The fake free Minecraft version may be hosted on low-quality websites, and users who are unlucky to download the infected variant may end up launching the 'MagicMinecraft' Screenlocker on their computers. The good news is that while this program may look scary at first, it doesn't do anything that can harm your computer. However, as...

HappyLocker Ransomware

Posted: November 14, 2016 | Category: Ransomware
Users infected by the HappyLocker Ransomware may assume that their computers have been infected by the Locky Ransomware falsely. This is because the author of the HappyLocker Ransomware has crafted a payment page that is the same as the one used by the notorious Locky Ransomware. However, you can rest assured that the only similarity between both threats is that they use the same payment interface. The good news is that unlike the Locky Ransomware, the HappyLocker Ransomware is a threat...

WickedLocker Ransomware

Posted: November 14, 2016 | Category: Ransomware
The WickedLocker Ransomware is a piece of crypto-threat based on HiddenTear, an open-source ransomware project that con artists may use to built ransomware that encrypts the victim's data quickly and then offers to help with decryption in exchange for money. The the WickedLocker Ransomware is not that different from other HiddenTear Ransomware variants like the KratosCrypt Ransomware and the DevNightmare Ransomware . Just like other variants of HiddenTear, the WickedLocker Ransomware uses...

Search.easyvideoconverteraccess.com

Posted: November 13, 2016 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Search.easyvideoconverteraccess.com is a low-quality search engine linked to the Easy Video Converter Access Web browser extension. The latter is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) by multiple anti-malware vendors, and this doesn't come as a surprise considering the dubious tricks that the Easy Video Converter Access may use to convince people to install it, as well as to authorize it to change their Web browser's default new tab page to Search.easyvideoconverteraccess.com....

Alakazee.com

Posted: November 13, 2016 | Category: Browser Hijackers
The Alakazee.com page hosts a fairly unpopular French search engine that claims to be associated with Yahoo France. However, a quick check of its search feature shows that Alakazee.com does not use the Yahoo Search API to generate search results and, instead, it relies on a completely different search algorithm that may not always deliver reliable results. In addition to this, it is not uncommon for low-quality search engines like Alakazee.com to make money by promoting sponsored search...

Wibeez.com

Posted: November 13, 2016 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Wibeez.com is a search engine that is meant to be used by French-speaking users, since the entire interface is written in French, and an English translation is not available. According to the homepage of Wibeez.com, the website uses the Yahoo search API to deliver results to visitors, but a quick check shows that this is not true, and Wibeez.com relies on an entirely different search algorithm. Apart from the simple search field, Wibeez.com also includes quick links to several websites that...

Search.dm-cmf.com

Posted: November 12, 2016 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Search.dm-cmf.com is a search engine that may be linked to the My Email XP browser extension published by Safer Browser. This is because the 'Uninstall' instructions seen on Search.dm-cmf.com tell users that they need to uninstall the 'My Email XP' extension from their Web browsers. This probably means that users who install the 'My Email XP' extension may experience an unexpected change to their Web browser's settings since this software is programmed to set Search.dm-cmf.com as the default...

'.UCRYPT File Extension' Ransomware

Posted: November 11, 2016 | Category: Ransomware
The '.UCRYPT File Extension' Ransomware is a variant of the Globe Ransomware, a family of Trojans using encryption for extorting money from PC owners after blocking their files. Besides a new extension, the '.UCRYPT File Extension' Ransomware includes most of the symptoms and security risks of previous versions of that threat. Malware experts suggest that you backup data that you don't wish to risk paying ransoms for recovering and use anti-malware programs for removing the '.UCRYPT File...

'.GSupport3 File Extension' Ransomware

Posted: November 11, 2016 | Category: Ransomware
The '.GSupport3 File Extension' Ransomware is a Trojan that encodes your files to block them and extort money through its offers to restore them after being paid. Although the 'GSupport3 File Extension' Ransomware uses high-visibility attacks, preventing file damage requires using good PC security practices and software to block this threat preemptively. Many anti-malware solutions should be able to identify and quarantine GSupport3 File Extension' Ransomware as a minor variant of...

'.blackblock File Extension' Ransomware

Posted: November 11, 2016 | Category: Ransomware
The '.blackblock File Extension' Ransomware is a new release of the Globe Ransomware, a file-encrypting Trojan capable of blocking data by running it through a protected cipher. An active '.blackblock File Extension' Ransomware infection always is identifiable by the renamed and unusable files, as well as pop-up messages asking for money for restoring them. Affected PC users should attempt any of the other recovery options malware experts endorse and deploy anti-malware products for removing...