Monthly Archives: February 2013

Explorer.exe - Corrupt Disk is one of the fake alerts that pop up at your system tray. This fake alert is related to System Repair - a fake computer optimization tool. System Repair comes from the same group as File Recovery, File Restore, Data Recovery and other fake HDD defragmenter tools, that supposedly enter your system with intention to find various errors and fix them. Unfortunately, Explorer.exe - Corrupt Disk makes it very obvious that the so-called "errors" that System Repair is supposed to fix are hoaxes themselves. Fake HDD defragmenters generates a list of system errors that makes the user think that his or her system is in danger. Read more »

Ordinateur est Verrouillé Virus is a ransomware which belongs to the infamous Paysafecard Virus group and which is targeted at Windows users living in France. The program has been developed by cyber criminals who can propagate it using such security backdoors as bundled downloads or social engineering scams. Without a doubt, you should be threatened by the vicious infection because it has been distributed to trick you out of your money. Anti-Spyware-101.com Read more »

Datamaskinen Din Har Blitt Låst Virus is a ransomware infection that needs to be removed from your PC immediately. It is a variant of Ukash Virus that targets users in Norway. In order to convince innocent users of its supposed legitimacy, Datamaskinen Din Har Blitt Låst Virus displays a Politi logo (Norwegian Police) and a few names of computer security products (like Kaspersky, Norton etc). This infection successfully locks the user out of his desktop by displaying a fraudulent notification. The notification claims that the user has violated several laws related to the copyright, and therefore the user now has to pay a fine: Read more »

Din Computer Er Blevet Låst Virus is a mischievous program which has been designed to lure money straight out of your own hands. Also known as a Paysafecard Virus, the infection is employed by the Gimemo Trojan which may be infiltrated onto your computer via numerous security backdoors. Note that these are much more vulnerable in those operating systems which are not guarded by legitimate security tools which are meant to detect and delete malignant application before they cause mischief. Even though the Trojan may run on your computer surreptitiously, Read more »

Uw computer is vergrendeld virus is a something that one would never want to have on his computer. This ransomware infection targets users in the Netherlands with intention to steal their money. Once target computer gets infected Uw computer is vergrendeld virus displays a screen-sized message that does not allow the user to access his desktop. The user is conditioned to think that he has committed a serious cyber crime and as a result the computer is locked. However, the message displayed on the screen is a hoax, devised with intention to push the user into spending his money for nothing. Read more »

Unlock this Page to Continue!, also called “Complete an offer to continue”, is an alert,  which belongs to Ukash Viruses group. Unlock this Page to Continue! enters the PC surreptitiously and disables access to the desktop.  Instead of the desktop wallpaper, a full-screen warning is loaded and unlike other ransomware viruses, this infection helps spammers earn money after you complete an offer. Consequently, Anti-Spyware-101.com team recommends that you do not waste your time filling in the details in various forms but remove “Unlock this Page to Continue!” using a professional spyware removal tool. Read more »