Monthly Archives: June 2017

MoWare H.F.D Ransomware was first spotted at the end of May of 2017. This relatively recent ransomware is yet another addition to the Hidden-Tear ransomware family. It was designed to encrypt your files but it does not work for some reason and, in fact, many ransomware infections that belong to this family often do not work for one reason or another. Of course, you should remove MoWare H.F.D Ransomware before its server comes back online and it receives instructions to encrypt your files. For more information, please continue reading. Read more »

The Cry36 ransomware is an infection that locks you out of your system and keeps your files hostage until you pay the ransom. The sad truth is that after paying the money required the encrypted files are very likely to remain inaccessible. The Cry36 ransomware should be treated as a serious security issue, so we encourage you to take action to remove it from the computer.

The Cry36 ransomware is part of a ransomware family that also includes similar infections dubbed Cry9, Cry128, Dharma, and Crypton, also known as Nemisis. All these Trojan horses have similar characteristics; however, each of them is unique at the same time because there are some distinctive features. One of them is that the Cry36 ransomware makes encrypted files bigger in size compared to their original copies. Research on the ransomware has revealed that the infection increases the size of the affected files by 36 bytes. Alongside this characteristic, there are several more, and interested readers are encouraged to continue reading to get the view of how this nasty piece of malware works. Read more »

Llssoft is a recently discovered Trojan that can infect your PC as a result of you installing a malicious software bundle. Indeed, its developers use deceptive distribution methods to get it onto your PC. Evidently, removing this program is necessary to ensure your computer’s security. Cyber security experts say that this Trojan is malicious because it was designed to display unreliable commercial advertisements that can potentially jeopardize your computer’s security. As if that was not enough, this Trojan is also set to collect information about you that we think is used for advertising purposes. For more information, please read this whole article. Read more »

StrutterGear Ransomware seems to be a dangerous malicious threat in progress so it may not spread too widely just yet. Still, it is important for us to report what we have found out about this malicious program that could be your next nightmare once it is finished. Our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com say that this new threat is a new variant of the infamous Jigsaw Ransomware. We have seen a few infections rise from this malware, including Anonymous Ransomware and Payms Ransomware. Although this new version has all the capabilities of the original ransomware, right now it does not seem to encrypt any of your files. This means that you do not need to panic because whatever the rather obscene ransom note say may only describe a future version. So you can forget about paying hundreds of dollars for the decryption key. But even if this ransomware does not harm your files, you cannot leave this attack unaddressed. We recommend that you remove StrutterGear Ransomware ASAP if you do not want to risk any further security issues related to this threat. Read more »