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Payms Ransomware is a serious threat if it manages to “set foot” on your operating system. This ransomware seems to be a new variant of Jigsaw Ransomware, which is reported to be sold on the Dark Web for $139. Infecting your system with this malware serves only one purpose: To extort money from you for decrypting your files. So after encrypting your personal files practically in all directories, you are informed about the payment method. This is a sensitive matter whether you pay or not and is totally up to you. But we do not recommend paying since these criminals may not decrypt your files even if you pay and there could be technical failures too in this process, which could sabotage the decryption. Also consider what your files are worth to you because a few old documents and pictures may not be a big loss. As a matter of fact, you should also be able to find a working file recovery tool since our malware experts at anti-spyware-101.com say that the decrypter used for Jigsaw has been updated and should work for this ransomware as well. Nevertheless, most importantly, you should remove Payms Ransomware right away in order to stop this nightmare. Read more »

Backdoor.teamviewer is a malicious program that might be used to infect your computer with other malware or use it as a proxy. In other words, the cyber criminals behind the program could exploit your computer for illegal activities or attacks on other systems. If you have Backdoor.teamviewer on your computer, you should erase it as soon as possible. Luckily, our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com tested this malicious program and found a way to remove it manually. Therefore, if you are up for this task, you can scroll below the text and check the removal instructions. However, if you do not think that you can delete it by yourself, you should download a legitimate antimalware tool and let it erase this threat. Read more »

Russian Eda2 Ransomware is an open-source ransomware infection that was first released publicly for educational purposes (at least, it is said so). Even though the original Russian Eda2 Ransomware project was abandoned 5 months ago, cyber criminals still use the code of this ransomware to create other similar infections. Unfortunately, the code is available on github.com and accessible to anyone, so it is very likely that other ransomware infections based on Russian Eda2 Ransomware will be released in the future too. It will be immediately clear for you that you have encountered a ransomware infection because files you keep on your computer will all be encrypted and you could no longer access them. It is not very likely that you will encounter the original Russian Eda2 Ransomware; however, its other versions are still prevalent on the web these days and you might encounter them. If you do, eliminate the variant of Russian Eda2 Ransomware that affected your computer immediately even though it tells you that you need to pay money for gaining access to files it has locked. Read more »

Protected Ransomware is yet another malware that is capable of encrypting your personal data. Programs that function in such a harmful way have been rather active for the past few months. Thus, every Internet user should be aware of such programs since they can cause a huge data loss and could turn out to be the reason other program of similar functionality might be able to enter your operating system without a lot of trouble. Usually, users infect their PC with Protected Ransomware or any other malicious program because they lack knowledge about the importance of virtual security. In this article we provide further information in regards to the functionality of this malware as well as a few preventative steps that should allow you to keep your computer safe and secure at all times. If you happen to already have this malicious program on your computer, do not hesitate to use the detailed removal guide that we present below. Read more »