Beagle Browser

Posted: July 31, 2015 | Category: Adware
Beagle Browser gives the wrong impression of being a brand new web client that offers better features than the popular browsers. Although it claims to offer a range of positive traits, the experts categorize this questionable software as Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). The primary reason for this classification is the presence of numerous unrequested and rather intrusive advertisements. Beagle Browser, which is created on the Chromium platform by Lollipop Network, tries to benefit by...

Shopper For Torch Ads

Posted: July 31, 2015 | Category: Adware
Shopper For Torch is an application of questionable quality, which often leaves its clients dissatisfied. The tool is advertised as a shopping optimizer that will keep you informed of the best deals out there. Allegedly, the displayed ads should make the process of purchasing products a very enjoyable experience. Ultimately, you are promised to save money. However, this statement commonly turns out to be inaccurate, and the users frequently prefer to delete this adware. The problem is not...

RightTabs Ads

Posted: July 30, 2015 | Category: Adware
RightTabs is a questionable application that has only one function – to insert marketing content in your web browsers. It falls into the category of advertising-supported software, or adware for short. Nowadays, many legitimate free programs rely on advertisements to cover their expenses. While this behavior is deemed as "fair", the case with RightTabs is rather different. These pop-ups, banners, interstitial ads and targeted videos are not some side effect of the suspicious tool but its main...

DeskBar Toolbar

Posted: July 30, 2015 | Category: Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)
DeskBar Toolbar is an addition to your web clients, which may initially seem quite handy. The toolbar, which is developed by Blue Labs LLC, contains some widgets that should inform you about the weather and the latest news. Additionally, the people behind this application promise to enhance your searching process with their own search engine, also placed in the toolbar. However, these features are just a trick to make you load the software. The security experts define DeskBar Toolbar as...

PriceItDown Ads

Posted: July 30, 2015 | Category: Adware
When you notice the name of PriceItDown, you may expect it to help you with the online purchases. However, you will most likely feel deceived soon after its installation. Although the developers of this tool promote it as a functioning shopping assistant, it is nothing more than adware. The sole reason for the existence of PriceItDown is to promote third-party pages. This performance pays off in the form of referral commissions whenever you click on the newly created ads. The questionable...

Tortuga Browser

Posted: July 30, 2015 | Category: Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)
Tortuga Browser is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that may expose you to numerous unreliable web advertisements. It is created by Clara Labs and comes in the form of a stand-alone web client. This questionable application is built on the Chromium platform and promises to improve all aspects of your online experience. On the official page of this tool, which is tortugabrowser.com, the user may notice highly misleading statements. For example, the creators of Tortuga Browser claim it can...

Encryptor RaaS

Posted: July 30, 2015 | Category: Ransomware
Encryptor RaaS is a harmful Trojan that aims directly at your personal files and makes them unreadable. If it manages to sneak into your system, the vicious ransomware will immediately perform a system scan to locate all of your valuable data. Encryptor RaaS can lock files with over 400 different extensions – including your pictures, Office documents, videos, music, presentations and so on. The only files that remain unaffected are used by the operating system, and the cyber criminals want...

CryptPKO Ransomware

Posted: July 30, 2015 | Category: Ransomware
CryptPKO is a ransomware threat that will lock files on your computer and demand a fee in return for a decryption key. This type of malware infects through a Trojan that is embedded in an email attachment or a third party program, and it is one of the most dangerous threats out there. CryptPKO has been around since late 2014 and belongs to the Crypto Ransomware family. The malware is also known as Crypt.pko, while similar threats are CTB Locker and CrypVault. As soon as it infects your...

ZoomyLib Ads

Posted: July 30, 2015 | Category: Adware
ZoomyLib is adware that attempts to boost the Internet traffic towards the sites of its partners. While trying to achieve this task, the questionable program may create numerous issues to its clients. This application doesn't possess some dependable and reliable features. Instead, all it does is to insert advertising materials in all present web browsers. If the developers of ZoomyLib state the real intentions of their product, hardly anyone will agree to install it. For this reason, they...

‘Traffikkim.xyz’ Pop-Ups

Posted: July 29, 2015 | Category: Adware
For the sake of keeping your PC safe and your bank account intact, you should ignore all the information on traffikkim.xyz. This dangerous site provides its visitors with deceptive information about the security state of their systems. According to the pop-ups that appear after you enter traffikkim.xyz, there are severe vulnerabilities in your PC that may put at risk your personal information – including passwords, photos and credit card details. The fake warnings urge you to dial...

‘Download2015now.xyz’ Pop-Ups

Posted: July 29, 2015 | Category: Adware
Download2015now.xyz is a platform for the distribution of unsafe software, disguised as a seemingly innocent Flash Player update. While it is possible to be redirected to this site from a corrupt advertisement, the users more commonly notice it as a homepage. This unauthorized modification to your web client is due to a suspicious add-on that functions as a browser hijacker. The tool most likely found its way into your system alongside another cost-free application. To oppose this deceptive...

Cool Popular Games Toolbar

Posted: July 29, 2015 | Category: Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)
The Cool Popular Games Toolbar is a web browser component and potentially unwanted program (PUP) created by Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. that offers quick access to random online games. Cool Popular Games Toolbar is known to provide quick access buttons to link to various games or gaming centers on the Internet. While Cool Popular Games Toolbar is not a harmful addition to web browser applications, it may be unwanted by some computer users due to it adding additional buttons or links...

DNS Keeper

Posted: July 29, 2015 | Category: Adware
Although at first you may assume DNS Keeper is a legitimate and helpful application, the security experts unanimously define it as Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). Some users may be tricked into installing DNS Keeper by its description. It states that the software will allow the user to circumvent some DNS restrictions and access blocked sites. As many domains and platforms are available only for certain territories, the proxy-based tools seem beneficial. However, all of them contain some...

Unfriend Review Ads

Posted: July 29, 2015 | Category: Adware
If you are encouraged to install Unfriend Review besides other freeware, you should immediately refuse. This tool is a classic example of adware, and may significantly trouble the performance of your browsers with unrequested advertisements. Unfriend Review is promoted as a helpful plugin that can notify you whenever one of your Facebook friends decides to unfriend you. This feature may attract your attention since the social platform doesn't offer such service. However, it is very doubtful...

‘Support-security-alert.net’ Pop-Ups

Posted: July 29, 2015 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Support-security-alert.net is a fraudulent website that tries to convince its visitors that their system is infected. This fake technical support scam may directly result in a loss of money as the crooks demand payment for nothing in return. There are usually two reasons for you to find yourself in this domain. You may be redirected there after clicking on some misleading advertisement. However, more often people complain that they are transferred to support-security-alert.net automatically....

‘Chrome-wx.updaternow.xyz’ Pop-Ups

Posted: July 28, 2015 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Chrome-wx.updaternow.xyz is a dangerous site that encourages its visitors to install rogue browser updates. Every webpage you visit receives some information about your system, including the type of Internet client you use. This fact explains why the offered update by chrome-wx.updaternow.xyz accurately responds to your current web platform. In any case, the unsafe site states that the version of your browser is 11, and there is a newer version available. You should not agree to download the...

‘Updater-th.updatenotifier.net’ Pop-Ups

Posted: July 28, 2015 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Updater-th.updatenotifier.net is an unsafe site that is known to host dangerous software. As the reputation of this domain is pretty negative, it is not surprising that its visitors don't go there voluntarily. Instead, people may be dragged into updater-th.updatenotifier.net by a browser hijacker. These dubious tools rely on a range of misleading mechanisms to get into the system of the user. For example, they may be hidden in the installation file of some freeware – a process called...

‘Distinct2c.work’ Pop-Ups

Posted: July 28, 2015 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Distinct2c.work is a platform for spreading questionable software in the form of fake updates. The site is associated with a browser hijacker, which explains why the unsuspecting users are often redirected there against their will. These dubious extensions rely on various methods to gain access to the system, most popular of which is known as "bundling". This marketing strategy means inserting additional components towards some freeware, and concealing their presence as much as possible....

‘Windows-delight.info’ Pop-Ups

Posted: July 28, 2015 | Category: Browser Hijackers
The pop-ups by windows-delight.info are fake security warnings, created by a very aggressive browser hijacker. If your system is infected by this suspicious add-on, you will be redirected to a subdomain of windows-delight.info as soon as you launch your web client. The page contains the standard error screen of the Windows operating systems, which is known as Blue Screen of Death (BSoD). The text on top of the blue-themed background states that the "Windows health" of your PC is critical, and...

‘Support-and-services.info’ Pop-Ups

Posted: July 28, 2015 | Category: Browser Hijackers
If your surfing sessions are accompanied by annoying security alerts by support-and-services.info, you should know not to trust them. These pop-ups state that your PC is affected by some dangerous malware. The notifications may also mention there are various registry errors or missing files, and may try to scare you by claiming your personal information is at stake. These warnings are fake as the pages you visit can never know what is the current security state of your machine. The goal of...