Back to Back Ads

Posted: May 15, 2015 | Category: Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)
Back to Back is classified a typical adware infection that installs as a web browser extension or add-on and affects your browser and system. Back to Back may be found bundled with other free applications, but if you are attentive enough, you may opt out and not install it. It is also possible that the Back to Back extension misled you to believe it provides useful features and install it from their official website. However, Back to Back only pretends to deliver enhanced online experience....

Adobe Flash Player Packages

Posted: May 15, 2015 | Category: Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)
Adobe Flash Player Packages utilize the 'InstallCore Click run software'. The 'InstallCore Click run software' is an installer that is known to bundle legitimate apps that may also offer additional third-party applications, considered unwanted by the users. Computer security experts always advise users to remain attentive during installation as such installers typically include the option to 'opt-out' such unwanted products. In addition, Adobe Flash Player Packages are known to generate...

Pchelpandsupport.biz

Posted: May 15, 2015 | Category: Adware
If you see annoying pop-up ads from Pchelpandsupport.biz that offer online tech support services, it is highly likely that your system has been infected with adware or a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). Computer security experts have discovered that pop-ups from Pchelpandsupport.biz offer bogus tech support and display fake alert messages. Pchelpandsupport.biz is associated with a browser hijacker that redirects users to this domain. It is recommended to utilize a powerful anti-malware...

Global Gadget

Posted: May 15, 2015 | Category: Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)
Global Gadget is yet another adware product created and developed by SuperWeb LLC. Adware extensions or add-ons are known to be distributed using a variety of questionable methods. Users may unwillingly install Global Gadget as it is bundled with the third-party software. In other cases, users may acquire Global Gadget by downloading it from their official website at globalgadget.net or as a drive-by download from a dubious website. In any case, Global Gadget is not as useful as it seems, and...

Screen Flip

Posted: May 15, 2015 | Category: Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)
Screen Flip is as an adware application that might infect your computer and cause you plenty of troubles. At first glance, Screen Flip may seem like a useful piece of software, but in reality, it is yet another bogus product by SuperWeb LLC. Users may find Screen Flip bundled with other free applications, and due to lack of attention, install it accidentally. In other cases, it is possible that you were misled by the questionable functionality of Screen Flip and download it yourself. Either...

Fade.exe

Posted: May 15, 2015 | Category: Keyloggers
Fade.exe is a file associated with recent spyware attacks bundled with Grand Theft Auto mods (AKA, independently downloadable game modifications). Although not every variant of Fade.exe may be threatening, versions of Fade.exe fitting the above profile should be assumed to be potentially harmful to your computer. While detecting Fade.exe beforehand is preferable to risking the exposure of any information on your PC, malware experts also can recommend deleting Fade.exe with the same...

Cassiopesa Search Browser

Posted: May 15, 2015 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Cassiopesa Search is a search engine site that derives revenue from displaying advertisements to its Web traffic. However, in spite of these seemingly normal services, Cassiopesa Search also has come under attention from being a beneficiary of a recent campaign of browser hijackers. These PC threats may modify your browser to redirect you to Cassiopesa Search non-consensually. Such functions may be symptoms of the presence of a hostile program, for which malware analysts always advise using...

Over 40,000 Botnet-Infected Home Routers Used To Launch DDoS Attacks

Posted: May 14, 2015 | Category: Cybersecurity
The information age that we live in has us all on edge when it comes to our privacy and security when we surf the internet or exchange information over the internet waves. There is no doubt that the surf of the internet is unpredictable as we have a perpetuation of sharks in the form of hackers who are always on the hunt for their next victim to feed them massive amounts of personal data. In a recent finding by Incapsula's researchers, malicious traffic was detected being wielded by home...

MarkingApp

Posted: May 14, 2015 | Category: Adware
MarkingApp claims to be a revolutionary tool that integrates highlighting search and sharing functions into your browser. However, it was discovered that MarkingApp, the text management tool is an adware-supported application that is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). Typically, PUPs such as MarkingApp are distributed using questionable delivery methods as bundling with other free programs. In addition, a PUP like MarkingApp may collect, modify and share information gathered...

Bold Letters Ads

Posted: May 14, 2015 | Category: Adware
Bold Letters is yet another adware product that was created for the purpose of generating advertising materials and displaying them to users that installed it. At first glance, Bold Letters claims to be a useful web browser extension or add-on that promises better and faster search results. However, an adware application such as Bold Letters is known to mislead users by pretending to deliver useful features mostly related to their online experience. In addition, adware developers utilize...

Win32/TriMore.A

Posted: May 14, 2015 | Category: Trojans
Win32/TriMore.A is a heuristic detection used by anti-malware scanners to name a Trojan infection on your computer. Trojans such as Win32/TriMore.A are known to be distributed via spam e-mail campaigns, malicious domains or they may be attracted by another threat on your PC. Either way, the implications of an infection with Win32/TriMore.A may lead to stealing information. Computer security experts have also discovered that Win32/TriMore.A is involved in numerous harmful activities that may...

Infostealer.Fightpos

Posted: May 14, 2015 | Category: Trojans
Infostealer.Fightpos is a detection name for a Backdoor Trojan that is currently affecting your computer. As the detection name suggests, the Infostealer.Fightpos was created for the purpose of stealing information. Trojans like Infostealer.Fightpos typically open a back door and collected the targeted info. Infostealer.Fightpos may steal information by exploiting security holes in the infected PC. Often, users may become victims of such infections when they visit malicious domains by...

Intense Results

Posted: May 14, 2015 | Category: Adware
Intense Results is an adware web browser extension or add-on that may be installed on Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome. Often, adware extensions such as Intense Results may pretend to deliver an enhanced browsing experience and mislead users into downloading it from their official website. However, if you closely check Intense Results' website at intenseresultssoftware.com, you may notice that it is explicitly stated that the app is supported by third parties, collects...

MediaPlayerZ

Posted: May 14, 2015 | Category: Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)
MediaPlayerZ is classified a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that exhibits adware capabilities and known to be quite similar in terms of the interface with Windows Media Player Classic. Typically, users may download adware-supported applications by themselves as they were misled to believe that the app provides useful features. In other cases, users may accidentally install adware-laced software such as MediaPlayerZ as it was pre-bundled with another free program. An infection with...

Crazy Score Ads

Posted: May 14, 2015 | Category: Adware
Crazy Score is classified an adware infection that is mainly distributed via questionable methods created by adware developers. Habitually, adware products are distributed via bundling with other free programs. Such questionable delivery techniques ensure that adware such as Crazy Score gets a higher distribution rate. Once you have Crazy Score installed on your PC, it starts collecting all kinds of information. If you carefully check their official website at crazyscore.net, it is explicitly...

BitCryptor Ransomware

Posted: May 14, 2015 | Category: Ransomware
BitCryptor Ransomware BitCryptor Ransomware, also referred to as Bit Cryptor, is an updated variant of CoinVault , a file encryption Trojan. Although the BitCryptor Ransomware takes care to avoid damaging OS files, the BitCryptor Ransomware will encrypt and render unusable most non-essential files of popular formats. Like other Trojans of its ilk, the BitCryptor Ransomware uses its attacks as an initial step in demanding a ransom fee via Bitcoin. For their part, malware experts recommend alternative solutions,...

Adware.Hard Case

Posted: May 13, 2015 | Category: Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)
The ads by Hard Case may cover your browser surface, and you might want to know that you are infected with adware. The Hard Case adware is promoted as a browser enhancer in freeware bundles under the 'Custom' or the 'Advanced' option and functions as an advertising engine. The Hard Case adware may load marketing content on banners, contextual ads, pop-up and pop-under windows in your Internet browser. Security analysts note that the Hard Case adware might use HTTP, session and Flash cookies...

Updatenow.[RANDOM NUMBERS].info

Posted: May 13, 2015 | Category: Browser Hijackers
In case you see annoying pop-ups from Updatenow.2064.info that claim your Media Player needs to be updated, it is highly likely that your computer has been infected with adware or a browser hijacker. Pop-ups from Updatenow.2064.info will try to convince you that you need to download and install those fake Media Player updates while, in reality, you may download more adware or Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs). Adware creators often utilize such questionable methods to trick users into...

Readynewsoft.theperferct24updater.net’ Pop-Ups

Posted: May 13, 2015 | Category: Browser Hijackers
Readynewsoft.theperferct24updater.net is a domain that was discovered to be a result of an adware infection that is currently affecting your PC. Computer security experts have also discovered that Readynewsoft.theperferct24updater.net is related to a browser hijacker and pop-ups from Readynewsoft.theperferct24updater.net might promote fake Adobe Flash Player updates. Typically, users may install adware unwillingly when downloading freeware as they often travel bundled. Pop-ups from...

Prize-o-rama.[RANDOM NUMBERS].info

Posted: May 13, 2015 | Category: Browser Hijackers
In case your system suddenly starts displaying annoying pop-ups from prize-o-rama.[RANDOM CHARACTERS].info, it is highly likely that your system has been infected with adware. Adware infection might occur due to unintentionally installing adware related software as it was bundled with other free programs. In any case, it is advised that prize-o-rama.[RANDOM CHARACTERS].info pop-ups are ignored, no matter what they offer. Prize-o-rama.[RANDOM CHARACTERS].info pop-ups might offer you to...