Leading countries, companies, and businesses is already difficult enough, but threats like SLICKSHOES are ready to make things even harder. More and more frequently governments and companies need to spend money on extensive malware research and cybersecurity because the number of threats targeted at them keep growing. The trojan we are discussing in this report is part of the Hidden Cobra group, and the hackers behind it have been actively performing attacks with the help of numerous infections, including Volgmer. Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers do not believe that this malware would affect regular Windows users who are using their computers at home, for example, but it is always better to be safe than sorry. This is why we have created this guide. Continue reading to learn more about the infection, and if you discover that you need to delete SLICKSHOES, check out the removal guide below. Read more »
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Plenty O' Apps
Do you find Plenty O' Apps attractive? If you do, you might decide to install this extension onto your Google Chrome browser. Once you install it, initially, you might be completely content with what this potentially unwanted program (PUP) offers, but as you continue using it, you are likely to realize that it does not really offer anything that great. Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers are not surprised by this at all, because Eightpoint Technologies Ltd. is the company that stands behind this extension, and we are very well familiar with it. That is because it also stands behind Get Recipes Now, Get Speed Test Fast, Get Search Plus, Shipment Trackers, and a ton of other suspicious extensions. Most of them are created for Google Chrome alone, which definitely minimizes the number of potential victims. That being said, Google Chrome is the most popular browser in the world, and it is used by hundreds of millions of people daily. Whether you want to remove Plenty O' Apps or learn if you want to delete it, you should keep reading. Read more »
C4H Ransomware
Do you believe that C4H Ransomware has invaded your Windows operating system and corrupted your personal files? That is very easy to figure out because once this infection encrypts files, it attaches the “.C4H” extension to their names. This extension is added as a mere marker, and even if you delete it from the files’ names, they will not be restored. Some victims might rush to remove C4H Ransomware to restore their files, and while this threat must be eliminated from the infected systems, the files cannot be recovered in that way. In fact, we do not know if your files can be recovered at all. Perhaps you can find and employ a legitimate third-party decryptor, but you certainly do not want to trust cybercriminals to help you. They promote their own decryptor in return for money, but they are unlikely to give you anything once you send the payment. Needless to say, this is a tricky situation, but we hope that we will be able to help you untangle the mess. Read more »
Live PDF Converter
Live PDF Converter is a potentially unwanted program that is offered for those who use Google Chrome browsers. It might work differently from what users, who read its name for the first time, might imagine. To be more precise, this extension does not convert any files. Instead, it may replace your default search engine with a search tool that could displays result via a modified search.yahoo.com site. Also, users who do not want to reveal their browsing history should know that this application might not only view such data but also use it to create targeted advertisements. If it is not what you expected when you installed this extension, you could get rid of it. To delete Live PDF Converter, our researchers recommend using use the instructions placed below or a legitimate antimalware tool. Read more »
ConvertPDFToWord
ConvertPDFToWord, as you can tell by the name, is meant to convert PDF files into Word documents. There are many popular PDF converters that cost money, and not all users are willing to pay the price. Because the demand for free file conversion services is high, it has been met by an adequate supply as well. Now, all you need to do is type in “convert pdf to word free,” and you are introduced to pages upon pages of links to websites that offer free conversion or promote free tools that, allegedly, can assist. As you know, not many things in this world are free, especially when we are talking about virtual services; therefore, whenever you install a free tool or start using a free service of any kind, you need to think about the tradeoff. Will you be bombarded with ads? Will information about you be collected and shared? Some users will remove ConvertPDFToWord because of that. Others will want to delete the extension simply because they no longer want to use it. Read more »
Protect My Search Daily
Protect My Search Daily is a free extension offered for Google Chrome users. Officially, the extension is represented at protectmysearchdaily.com, and its installer can be found on the Chrome Web Store (chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/protect-my-search-daily/dnkodihhbpdgmainngloaaaeloicinoo). The creator of this add-on is HyperConnect Media, a company that we know nothing about at this point. Is it possible that the extension could be spread via unreliable websites or by unreliable downloaders that bundle attractive programs along with PUPs or malware? Everything is possible, and if you remember installing the PUP along with other pieces of software, it is a good idea to employ a legitimate malware scanner to examine your system just in case. The extension itself should be classified as a PUP, for reasons we discuss in this report, but if other threats are discovered, do not ignore them. Remove them quickly. If you do not need to worry about other threats, we can discuss deleting Protect My Search Daily. Read more »
Merritorsolin.club
Merritorsolin.club is an adware server that might ask you to click a button called Allow so it could show you sponsored content. However, the website’s contents might make it seem like users need to click the Allow button for a different reason. To be more precise, it might seem like the site will let you stream a video if you click the mentioned button. To learn more about this, we invite you to read our full article. On the other hand, if you clicked the suggested button without realizing that you might start seeing third-party ads and wish to get rid of them, we recommend checking the removal instructions placed below the text. They can show you how to get rid of Merritorsolin.club notifications by resetting your browser. If you have no wish to reset your browser, you could get a legitimate antimalware tool that would deal with the adware server for you. Read more »
Get Recipes Now
Get Recipes Now is the latest potentially unwanted program (PUP) to join the Eightpoint Technologies Ltd. family. Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have thoroughly inspected and tested this suspicious extension to learn exactly how it works, and we can conclude that it is not nearly as beneficial as its creators claim it to be. In most cases, users realize that PUPs like that are useless pretty much immediately after installing them, but they often choose to ignore them because they do not know what to do with them. Furthermore, they can offer links to websites that are legitimate, so they might not even seem completely useless. However, that is why we recommend removing Get Recipes Now as well as Get Speed Test Fast, Get Search Plus, Shipment Trackers, Login to My Email, and other PUPs from the same family. If you are ready to delete the PUP, scroll down to the last section of this report to learn about your options. If you are not yet sure what you want to do, continue reading. Read more »
Sqpc Ransomware
Sqpc Ransomware does not care about you and your files, and that is why it slithers into your Windows operating system and encrypts every single personal file that exists. It does not touch system files, but that is done only to ensure that the system continues running normally. After all, the infection needs a functional system to make its demands. After your personal files are encrypted, the threat drops a file, via which you are informed that a ransom of $490 must be paid in return for a decryptor. Here at Anti-Spyware-101.com, we hope that you have not wasted your savings yet. We also hope that you still can recover your files, or at least replace the most important ones. A tool named ‘STOP Decryptor’ was presented by malware researchers, and although it should decrypt all files encrypted with an offline key, it cannot guarantee full recovery of all files. But you might be able to use backups as replacements. First, however, you need to remove Sqpc Ransomware. Read more »
Cranchit
Cranchit seems to be a potentially unwanted program that might alter some of your browser preferences, view your browsing history, and introduce you to a search engine that could show you modified search results. You can read more about the mentioned application’s functionality further in this article. On the other hand, if you already know how it works and are here to learn how to delete Cranchit, you could slide below the article and check our removal instructions instead. They show how to erase the potentially unwanted program manually from Google Chrome, which seems to be the only browser that it is currently compatible with. If you have any questions about the extension or its deletion, feel free to leave a message in the comments area. Read more »
