Monthly Archives: August 2012

Windows Genuine Advantage Trojan ransomware

Windows Genuine Advantage Trojan ransomware

If your system’s access seems to be blocked by a German Windows Genuine Advantage security notification, Windows Genuine Advantage Trojan ransomware has breached your personal computer’s privacy. Like most ransomware viruses that have been recorded throughout the past year, Read more »

Reveton Trojan

If you know FBI MoneyPak and its clones, you should know that these cunning infections are distributed by Reveton Trojan, also known as Trojan.Win.32/Reveton.A or simply Reveton.A. The Trojan is associated with Citadel, which is known to have been derived from a vicious threat called ZeuS Trojan. In contrast to other malware that uses different ways of spread, Reveton Trojan Read more »

Windows 8 Security System Virus

Windows 8 Security System Virus

You think you can guard your system against Windows infections without any legitimate software on your side? Well, you are wrong, because Windows 8 Security System Virus will enter your system without any notification, and you might not even understand that some dangerous rogue is in your computer! Read more »

Mariposa virus

Mariposa virus, distributed by a group of worms and attributed to Butterfly Bot Kit or simply botnet, is a sly infection which has infected over 12 million computers around the world. The infection was released in 2009, but soon the FBI, Slovenian and Spanish Police arrested three men who were believed to be responsible for operating on the botnet, which was shut down afterwards. Read more »

United States Cyber Security Virus

United States Cyber Security Virus

Once United States Cyber Security Virus gets inside your computer, you will immediately lose access to your personal system, and the only thing you will be able to do with your computer is to view a notification sent to you by the Cyber Security, which belongs to the U.S. Department of Defense. Of course, this is not true, and you should understand that the government of the United States does not have anything to do with the malicious accusations that are actually presented to you by cyber criminals! What is truly irritating is that you will not be able to remove United States Cyber Security Virus Read more »

Trojan.Maljava!gen24

Trojan.Maljava!gen24 is a recent malware infection which comes into the system through JavaScript files located in malicious websites, which already implies that you should be very careful with spam emails containing links to unknown websites. The best choice in such a case would be to delete the email before opening it and make sure that the computer runs a reliable spyware removal or antivirus program. The Trojan is known to infect different operating systems, including Linux, Mac OS, Solaris and different versions of Windows; consequently, every computer user should be aware of this cunning network infection. Read more »

BOO/TDss.O Trojan

BOO/TDss.O is a dangerous Trojan which typically bypasses the most popular antivirus programs that are not updated and ready to fight this cunning infection off, or sometimes it happens that even if security tools detect the infection, they are not able to remove it. It is not enough to ignore this infection’s presence, because the Trojan severely affects the computer’s performance, and you cannot work on the PC properly. Read more »

Trojan.Kryptik

Certain computer infections, like Trojan.Kryptik, slither into systems and act highly surreptitiously, which means that if they are running inside your Windows, you might not even know it until it is too late. Of course, there are a few signs that you should be aware of, as they could help you understand that something is corrupting your PC. Unfortunately, slow system’s performance, uncontrollable shut-downs, browser redirections and similar symptoms might all come at once, making your system barely operable and aggravating Trojan.Agent/Gen-Kryptik removal operations altogether. Read more »

Game Card Virus / Ransomware

Game Card Virus / Ransomware

Game Card Virus / Ransomware  is the latest cyber criminals’ tool used to deceive computer users into paying money for unlocking the computer on which a Game Card message appears. The infection which disables the computer’s system completely presents an alert message claiming that the computer is locked down because of illegal downloads of music. The message is supposedly presented by CELAS, which, in reality, is owned by PRS for Music and GEMA. The two later names have already been used by cyber schemers to deceive users and persuade them to ransom the infected computers; consequently, the case of Game Card Ransomware is not an exception. Read more »

Malex Trojan

Malex Trojan

Malex Trojan is one of the most cunning infections that could enter your personal computer. This devious Trojan is capable of breaching your digital privacy, stealing personal data, using your accounts for further malware propagation and various other illegal activities. It is now known that the infection can slither into your computer via such security cracks as infected USB flash drives, spam email attachments, hijacked IRC protocols and a number of other loopholes, which means that not a single Read more »