Monthly Archives: March 2018 - Page 2

If your system has been penetrated by slingshot malware, you need to know that your privacy and your files could be in great danger. This is a Trojan infection that can do all kinds of malicious operations on your computer without your knowledge. According to our malware experts at anti-spyware-101.com, this attack mainly regards those users who have one of the Mikrotik routers made in Latvia as the authors of this Trojan can use certain exploits to compromise these routers to gain system administrator privileges on a system. This malware infection comes with a payload of five different modules, which can capture your screenshots, log your keyboards strokes, and thus steal sensitive information from you among other stuff. If it is not clear yet why we recommend that you remove slingshot malware immediately, please continue reading our article to find out more. Read more »

Scammerlocker Ransomware is a malicious file-encrypting program. Some researchers think it might be targeted at scammers as a punishment for their malicious activities, although it would be difficult to confirm it. In any case, if you somehow encountered it, we advise you to keep reading our article and learn more about its effective manner, possible distribution channels, available removal methods, and other vital information. Slightly below the text, we will place manual removal steps too, so if you need any help with Scammerlocker Ransomware’s deletion feel free to use them. Also, users who have more questions about this infection or require any assistance while eliminating it could leave us a message at the end of this page or contact us via social media. Read more »

It is possible Backdoor.Athena is a Trojan application created to fight cyber-crime. Apparently, the program was designed by the United States government and a company titled Siege Technologies. Our researchers Anti-spyware-101.com say the infection may allow the one using it to get access to another computer, gather information from such device, install software on it without the user’s permission, and so on. Of course, we cannot be one hundred percent sure since we could not obtain any samples and test it on our own. Thus, mainly all the information about it comes from leaked Backdoor.Athena documents that were recently uploaded on the Internet by WikiLeaks. Further, in the article, we will present the information we were able to find about this Trojan, so if you came here to find out about it, we encourage you to have a look at the rest of our report. Read more »

Stinger Ransomware is a harmful file-encrypting application that may encipher user’s data and then show a ransom note asking to pay for its decryption. Our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com say you can quickly recognize the threat if you take a look at the encrypted files’ titles. Provided, they are enciphered by this malware they should be marked with .Stinger extension, e.g., roses.jpg.Stinger. According to the ransom note, the infection’s creators want about one hundred US dollars, but we would not recommend paying it as there are no guarantees they will help you decrypt your files. For those who do not wish to lose their money in vain, we advise erasing Stinger Ransomware at once. Later on, if you made any backup copies before the malicious application appeared, you could use them to recover encrypted files instead of dealing with the hackers. Those who would like to try to remove it manually could follow the instructions available below, although if the steps seem a bit difficult for you keep it in mind, it might be safer to use a legitimate antimalware tool instead. Read more »