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Hidden-Peach Ransomware

Hidden-Peach Ransomware

If your files were encrypted by Hidden-Peach Ransomware, you have faced the upgraded version of this malicious infection. The version analyzed by our Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers was not yet capable of encrypting personal files. In fact, this version of the threat only encrypted the files found in one specific folder that the ransomware created itself. Obviously, the infection is still in development, and its creator might come up with a version that is capable of successfully encrypting your files and demanding a huge ransom from you. If that has happened already, read this report before you make any uninformed decisions. Obviously, at the end of it all, removing Hidden-Peach Ransomware is crucial, but you might have to make a few important decisions before you eliminate this threat. The good news is that deleting this ransomware is quite easy. The bad news is that you might lose your personal files in the process. Also, other threats might be active on your operating system, and you might have to erase them as well. Read more »

Search.searchwwf.com

Search.searchwwf.com

Search.searchwwf.com is one of the many browser hijackers out there that will infiltrate your system and will modify your browser’s settings without your permission. Although this program is not that worst computer security threat you may encounter on the Internet, it is still a considerable security issue one should not ignore. Thus, if you can about your computer’s safety, you will see to it that Search.searchwwf.com disappears from your system as soon as possible. While you are at it, please get rid of other potential threats, too. You have to understand that potentially unwanted programs seldom travel alone, so you need to delete them all. Read more »

Search.searchlypackage.com

Search.searchlypackage.com

Search.searchlypackage.com may show up as your home page in your browsers after you install a questionable software package and this could put your system security at risk. Our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com have classified this malware threat as a browser hijacker due to its capability to change your browser settings. It does not really matter whether this modification takes place with or without your knowledge; it is still a threat. You may not believe that such a search engine page could cause any serious security issues for you, but we beg to differ. Although, we cannot claim that this is a very dangerous malicious threat like a ransomware, but this browser hijacker can still expose you to potentially unreliable third-party web content. Engaging with such ads and links could result in your indirectly infecting your machine with more malware programs or worse. We are here to tell you how you can remove Search.searchlypackage.com from your browsers so that you can start restoring your system security. Read more »

KillDisk Ransomware

KillDisk Ransomware

KillDisk Ransomware is a malicious computer infection that can successfully wipe out your files, depending on which version of the program enters your system. This is not a random freeware application that you could ignore. The program will be very straight about what it wants from you, and it is obvious that such infections want your money. Computer security experts discourage users from paying the ransom fees because that might not solve anything. When you get infected with KillDisk Ransomware, your best option is to remove this program from your system for good with a licensed antispyware tool because manual removal may not help much. Read more »

Search-megunda.com

Search-megunda.com

Search-megunda.com is one of those search providers that you should not trust. According to the analysis conducted by Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers, this is a browser hijacker that might modify your browser’s settings without your knowledge or due to hidden agenda. Have you installed this hijacker yourself? If you have, you probably believed it to offer great services. In reality, this hijacker is useless when it comes to web surfing, and it is most likely that it was created as a marketing tool or as a data-collector. As soon as you install it, this hijacker is likely to start recording your virtual activity using tracking cookies and other data trackers. Also, there is a possibility that ads will be introduced to you as you browse the web via this hijacker, and you should not interact with them under any circumstances. We do not have enough information about this infection to ensure that the ads it could display would be harmless. This is just one of the reasons to delete Search-megunda.com from your browsers. Read more »

Search.searchfdm.com

Search.searchfdm.com

Searching the Internet with Search.searchfdm.com could be dangerous since the application might display questionable advertisements. As the research shows, the provided ads may lead to unreliable and malicious third-party web pages. Moreover, the threat was categorized as a browser hijacker. It means, besides showing untrustworthy advertising content the application could also change your browser preferences. If you do not like these changes or do not want to endanger the computer while using potentially dangerous software, our specialists would advise you to get rid of the threat with no hesitation. Afterward, you can replace the search engine with google.com, yahoo.com, or any other reliable search tool of your choice. If you have no idea how Search.searchfdm.com could be erased from the browser, slide below and take a look at the instructions placed at the end of the article. Read more »

DeriaLock Ransomware

DeriaLock Ransomware

DeriaLock Ransomware is a malware that can get onto your computer if you open a malicious email attachment because that is how is known of being distributed. There is no question that you need to remove it from your PC as soon as possible because it will encrypt your files, and put your PC under lock, so you will not be able to use it. It will also block Task Manager so that you would not close this ransomware’s process. There is a lot going on with it, and its functionality deserves a more in-depth look. So let us begin. Read more »

Mans-find.org

Mans-find.org

Mans-find.org is a website targeting users living in Russia primarily because the content it provides users with is entirely in this language. Probably because of the language it uses, it is the most popular in Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. Even though this website is kept on browsers by these people willingly and looks quite trustworthy, it, by any means, cannot be called a reputable page. Instead of calling Mans-find.org trustworthy, specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com classify it as a Russian browser hijacker. It has been placed into this category because of its ability to appear on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome browsers without a user’s consent. Actually, not all the users see Mans-find.org in browsers’ URL bars. It has been found that different domains are used to perform redirections to this website too. In other words, it does not matter that there is a different address visible in the URL bar, it will keep causing redirections to Mans-find.org every time the browser is launched unless a browser hijacker infection is fully deleted from the computer. Read more »

Combo Search

Combo Search

Have you recently installed an extension called Combo Search? What was your intention behind this? Did you install this tool hoping that it would change the way you browse the web? If you did, you probably have realized by now that this extension is not all that useful. Were you pushed to install this extension? This might have happened if you executed an unreliable software installer whose operator is paid money for the successful distribution of different programs. In case you have employed an unfamiliar software installer, beware of other malicious threats. While the suspicious search tool is just a PUP that you might be better off, much more dangerous threats might have been installed onto your computer along with it. If that is the case, take care of these threats before you delete Combo Search. Note that our Anti-Spyware-101.com malware research team is ready to help you regardless of which security issue you face. If you need our assistance, use the comments section below to add questions. Read more »

Aes256 Ransomware

A malicious application called Aes256 Ransomware is known to be roaming the web. This malware was first noticed on the 16th of December 2016; thus, it is not extremely popular as of now. Despite that, it is crucial to avoid this it because it functions like any other application that has been classified as ransomware. Like any of its counterparts, it is fully capable locking your personal data without any authorization. It goes without saying that such functionality should never be taken for granted as you might lose a large number of personal files. To find out more about this malware's functionality and to understand why its complete removal is critical, make sure to read the rest of our report. We also provide a detailed removal guide that will allow you to remove Aes256 Ransomware without encountering any major problems. Read more »