On the surface PC Defender Plus looks like a legitimate computer security tool. It even possesses all the menu sections that a real antivirus program would, thus making it more believable and even more dangerous. Despite the fact that PC Defender Plus masquerades as a real antivirus product it is actually a rogue antispyware application and it enters your computer, because it wants your money. Read more »
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Slovenská Polícia Virus
It is important that you remove Slovenská Polícia Virus from your computer if you want your computer to get back to normal. This infection is a ransomware application that does not allow you to perform any kind of action with your computer. Slovenská Polícia Virus expects you to pay a ransom fee in order to unlock your computer. To make matters more believable, this infection pretends to be an official representative of Slovakian Police Office. It accuses you of downloading and storing copyrighted material illegally Read more »
Certified Toolbar
Certified Toolbar is a two-faced browser plugin, because it can offer you legal search engine services and, on the other hand, can be utilized as a browser hijacker. Even though the application is legitimate and authentic, it supports itself by promoting various web sources, some of which can be linked to cyber criminals. One of the signs indicating that the program is malicious Read more »
Polizia Slovena Ransomware
Polizia Slovena Ransomware is a critical computer infection which you will not be able to remove on your own unless you are an experienced specialist and know how to terminate such a malicious infection manually. We call this infection malicious, because this threat paralyzes the computer to manipulate the user, and this is why you should remove it immediately. Read more »
Türk Polisi Virus
Ukash viruses keep spreading across the world and the newest addition to the faction of horrendous ransomware infections is the Turkish Windows users attacking Türk Polisi Virus. Cyber criminals behind this malignant application often use the Reveton Trojan to infiltrate the ransomware into computers, and this method has been proven successful with such infamous viruses as Polizei Control Department Gegen Cyberkriminalität, GVU virus or PCeU virus. Read more »
Vuze Toolbar
Vuze toolbar is a browser hijacker that usually gets installed on a target computer together with Vuze BitTorrent program. It happens when a user goes through an installation process blindly, without checking what other programs get installed on his computer. Vuze toolbar is compatible with the latest versions of Windows, and can get installed on all main Internet browsers. Despite the fact, that Vuze toolbar looks like a useful browser extension, in reality it causes a lot of problems and needs to be removed immediately. Read more »
Windows PC Defender
Windows PC Defender is a fake anti-spyware program which derives from the same family as Windows Additional Guard and Windows Guard Pro that are identical to Windows PC Defender. The rogue infects a computer when visiting suspicious websites or after downloading spam email attachments that are very often infected with different types of malware. Read more »
Microsoft Essential Security Pro 2013
Welcome to the cyber criminals’ world if you have just somehow learned that Microsoft Essential Security Pro 2013 is a treacherous application. This malware is indeed bogus and has been created to trick computer users into believing that their computers are infected. If you by chance find Microsoft Essential Security Pro 2013 on your computer, do not hesitate to remove it from your system. Read more »
Cool Web Search Toolbar
Cool web search toolbar, also known as CWS toolbar and CoolWebSearch toolbar, is a cunning browser hijacker which you will find very annoying, and it is very likely that soon after its installation you will decide that you need to remove it from the system. The hijacker infects Internet Explorer and causes a lot of trouble to computer users, because as many malicious unwanted hijackers, this fraudulent extension changes the homepage of a browser and replaces search result websites with ones irrelevant to your search keywords. Read more »
Polizei Control Department Gegen Cyberkriminalität
If you live in Austria and you receive a message from the Cybercrime Control Department that also successfully blocks you out of your desktop, better check the message again, because you most probably received it from Polizei Control Department Gegen Cyberkriminalität computer infection. It is a ransomware application that locks your computer disallowing you to perform any kind of action with your machine. Read more »