Monthly Archives: October 2017

Allcry Ransomware

Allcry Ransomware

Allcry, also known as Allcry crypter, is a threat that supposedly takes files hostage in order to obtain money from the victim. The Allcry ransomware is not fully functional, which is only to the advantage of the victim. Allcry do not encrypt files; it only displays a fraudulent warning claiming that some files are affected and that they can be restored only within seven days. If you have this deceptive piece of malware on your computer and want to remove it straight away, move down to the bottom to find our removal guide. Read more »

Deloton.com

Deloton.com

If you browse the web and click an unknown link, then you might be redirected to Deloton.com, an adware server which is currently promoting its advertising services to gain new clients. The company behind this adware server is called Propeller Ads, and it is in the digital advertising business. The company is legitimate, but you should not visit Deloton.com as it might redirect you to annoying and intrusive ads. Therefore, you ought to remove whatever software is redirecting you to this adware server or stop visiting the site that redirects you to it continuously. For more information, we invite you to read this whole description as we believe you will find it useful. Read more »

Search.searchbind.net

Search.searchbind.net

Search.searchbind.net is not a malicious search tool, but it might still bring you problems by redirecting you to untrustworthy pages that belong to third parties, so if you ever discover it set on your browsers as a homepage and/or a search tool, or you notice that all your searches are automatically redirected to Search.searchbind.net from another domain, you should go to get rid of it as soon as possible. It is not malicious, so you should be able to remove it from your browsers quite easily. Of course, you should still read this article first. You will not only find out what the easiest way to remove it is, but you will also be told why this search tool is not considered a legitimate search provider. Read more »

Quick Searcher Chrome Extension

Quick Searcher Chrome Extension seems to be a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that has integrated coin mining functionalities. The bad news is that the money it generates should go to the software’s creators and what you may get is a slower computer because the suspicious plugin might need a lot of the PC’s resources to perform its tasks. Under these circumstances, our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com advise not to waste any time with such a tool since its high CPU usage could make the PC overheat and it is not good for the device. Not to mention, if it gets slower, it might become too difficult to work with the PC. Therefore, we recommend reading the rest of the article and then deleting Quick Searcher Chrome Extension either with a legitimate antimalware tool of your choice or the removal instructions located at the end of the text. Read more »

OnlineMusic Search

OnlineMusic Search

OnlineMusic Search is a Google Chrome extension developed for music lovers. It promises to make it easier to find “FREE unlimited music, song, full albums, music videos.” It does look quite a useful application, so it does not surprise us at all that 82 565 users have already installed it from the Chrome Web Store. If you are one of these users, you should know that this application is not exactly what it claims to be, so keeping it active would not be such a good idea. Do not worry, it is not harmful malware, but it would not be truth if we told you that it is a trustworthy application either because it acts as a potentially unwanted program (PUP). There are several reasons it has fallen into this category – read the rest of this article to find more about this extension. If you decide to disable it after reading this article, do this right away. The last paragraph of this report contains all you need to know about its removal. Read more »

Magniber Ransomware

Magniber Ransomware

Magniber Ransomware is one more malicious program that should not be active on your personal computer. If unfortunately, you already have this devious program up and running on your personal computer, make sure to execute its complete removal as soon as possible. You must take such action because the malware in question is designed to lock vast amount of your data without any warning whatsoever. It goes without saying that having an application of this classification active on your personal computer, might have devastating outcomes. To understand the intricate inner workings of this ransomware program, make sure to read the rest of our report.  Additionally, we provide a few virtual security recommendations that will help you maintain a fully secure operating system at all times. Below, you will also find a comprehensive removal guide that you should use to delete Magniber Ransomware once and for all. Read more »

Blue Eagle Ransomware

Blue Eagle Ransomware, which is also known as BlueEagle Ransomware, is a new threat that can cause serious damage to your files by encrypting them beyond the possibility of recovery unless you are willing to pay the rather steep price set for the password this infection requires to decrypt your files. Our malware experts at anti-spyware-101.com say that it is quite rare that such attackers send their victims the needed key, password, or tool. In fact, it is rather risky to contact such villains and send them money. Once you prove to be willing to sacrifice your hard-earned money for the release of your files, what would stop such cyber crooks from attacking you again? Thanks to cloud storage places, nowadays it is pretty easy to sync your files on your hard drive to your cloud account so that you can have an up-to-date backup of your files. But you can also use a removable drive to back up your files. In any case, such a backup could be your only savior right now. But before you rush to start copying your clean files back to your hard disk, you need to remove Blue Eagle Ransomware first. In fact, you should make sure that there are no other threats hiding on your system as well if you want to use a secure PC. Read more »

Search.webalta.ru

Search.webalta.ru may look like a regular search engine that can help you find something you need. However, our security experts say that this program is actually a browser hijacker, and it means that it has been created to make some easy money. Luckily, a browser hijacker is not sophisticated enough to ever steal your banking logins and passwords, so you do not need to worry about that. The thing you need to focus on is removing Search.webalta.ru from your computer and then protecting your system from other potential threats. The problem is that this browser hijacker may be just one of the many threats that are present on your system. Read more »

Search.anysearchresults.com

Search.anysearchresults.com

The appearance of Search.anysearchresults.com, a website that looks like an ordinary search provider, on your browsers out of the blue proves that a browser hijacker has infiltrated your computer. Browser hijackers are such threats that can change browsers’ settings without permission. Since Search.anysearchresults.com is one of them, do not be very surprised when you find it set in the place of your homepage and default search provider. Some users do not think that its appearance is a big deal and let it stay, but they do not know that they might be exposed to potential threats if they use it to perform web searches. Speaking specifically, it might redirect them to untrustworthy pages. Of course, you are the one who can decide what to do with Search.anysearchresults.com, but you should remove it for your own safety, specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com say. It does not have an uninstaller, so you will not remove it like an ordinary program. Also, it could have hijacked your browsers’ shortcuts to make it extremely hard to erase it. The last paragraph will tell you how to remove it, but you should read all preceding paragraphs carefully too to find out more about it and these drawbacks it has. Read more »

ViiperWaRe Ransomware

ViiperWaRe Ransomware

ViiperWaRe Ransomware is a file-encrypting malicious program created according to an open-source ransomware known as Hidden Tear. After carefully researching it, our researchers came to a conclusion, the malware might be still just a test version, so it is difficult to say whether users can come across it at the moment of writing. If you wish to know more, we invite you to read the rest of our report as we will explain what makes us think the infection is not yet fully developed. Of course, if ViiperWaRe Ransomware ever gets upgraded it might be useful to know how it could affect your system or how it could be erased. For this reason, we are adding step by step deletion instructions at the end of the text too. Read more »