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If you are introduced to a strange window with the name “KRISTINA” plastered at the top, there is no doubt that an infection dubbed Kristina Ransomware has invaded your operating system. According to the research conducted by Anti-Spyware-101.com research team, this malware is most likely to invade Windows operating systems using fake downloads or, as it is most common, via corrupted spam email attachments. Needless to say, this threat does not invade those systems that are reliably protected by up-to-date anti-malware tools capable of detecting and deleting malicious files in time. If your operating system is not guarded, the devious ransomware is likely to slither in and execute itself without your notice at all. Of course, if you notice it, you must remove Kristina Ransomware right away because this threat has only one goal, and that is to encrypt your personal files. Unfortunately, when it comes to this malware, prevention is key because not much can be done once the files are encrypted. Continue reading if you want to learn more. Read more »

Zeus Panda is a new variant of the malicious Zeus Trojan, an infection that was created to steal Windows users’ banking information. Once the threat is in, it silently waits for the victim to connect to their online banking account so that passwords, pin codes, usernames, and other information could be recorded. If it is, schemers can silently take over the vulnerable accounts and steal money in an easy manner. Needless to say, it is a terrible thing to have sensitive information recorded, which is why it is most important that users take all preventative measures to keep this devious Trojan away. Unfortunately, once it slithers in, removing it is very difficult. This malware keeps itself hidden, and it creates a copy of itself to ensure it threat functions even if the original launcher is erased. That being said, deleting Zeus Panda is not impossible, and certain steps can be taken to get rid of this threat. Hopefully, you manage to eliminate this infection before it does anything incorrigible. Read more »

Have you let Gibon Ransomware in by opening a corrupted spam email attachment or by downloading suspicious files from a questionable source? These are few of the possible ways using which this malware is spread, but it is possible that other methods are employed to distribute it as well. Without a doubt, this infection must be dropped without the user’s notice, or it must be concealed as something else (e.g., a harmless PDF file). If you recognize the threat right away, you are likely to remove it before it is executed and before your precious personal files are corrupted. Because this threat is clandestine, you are unlikely to notice when it slithers in. That is all that this malware needs to initiate malicious processes that are discussed further in this report. Once the infection is done, your personal files are encrypted using a complex algorithm, and you can no longer open them. A special private key is needed for the cipher to be cracked, but, of course, this key is hidden, and cyber criminals want you to pay for it. Instead of doing that, you should delete Gibon Ransomware. Read more »

Skull HT Ransomware is one of those ransomware infections that infiltrate users’ computers without their knowledge. Although they usually do not know anything about the entrance of this ransomware infection, they quickly realize that they have malicious software on their computers because they discover their files encrypted and see a picture with a green skull set as Desktop background. If you are sure that this malicious application has entered your computer too and already applied changes, you need to erase this infection right away. Skull HT Ransomware is a new HiddenTear-based threat, i.e., it has been developed on the basis of Hidden-Tear, open-source ransomware, so it should not be very hard to delete it from the system. Even though this infection does not have a point of execution, i.e, it will not open automatically on startup, you are still not allowed to keep it on your computer because you might open its executable file again. If it happens, the chances are high that it will lock your music, documents, text files, and other valuable files once again. Ransomware infections do this so that they could obtain money from users easier, but you should definitely not pay money to cyber criminals behind this ransomware infection. As mentioned above, better focus on the full removal of this nasty infection. Read more »

Pennywise Ransomware is the newest variant of Jigsaw Ransomware. It is still in the development phase, judging from the fact that it does not do anything. Even though it claims that it has encrypted your files, it is not true – you can check them yourself after you close a window opened on your screen. Although you can see the clock ticking down in the top-right corner of this window, this threat will not delete your files automatically either. Of course, we cannot promise that the updated version of this ransomware infection will act the same. No matter which of the two versions of this ransomware infection you detect on your computer, you cannot keep this threat on your system because it might cause even more problems. The removal of this ransomware infection should not be very complicated because it only places a window on Desktop. In other words, it is not one of those infections that apply major modifications on victims’ computers following the successful entrance. Of course, before you go to remove it from your computer, you should still read the rest of this article. Read more »