Search Reveal is an extension for the Google Chrome browser that promotes home.searchreveal.com. It is said that this extension will provide users with interesting widgets and enable them to check the time, weather forecast, and surf the web straight from the New Tab, so it is not very surprising that some users download and install the extension willingly. Unfortunately, users often do not even suspect that their homepages, search engines, and New Tab pages will be changed to home.searchreveal.com after the installation of the extension. To be honest, home.searchreveal.com is not a trustworthy search engine, and it is even quite dangerous to use it as the primary search tool because it is known that it might quickly expose users to threats. To protect your computer from harm, you need to remove the Search Reveal extension from your Google Chrome browser. Yes, fortunately, this extension affects only this browser. Read more »
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Gplyra Miner
Gplyra Miner is a program you get by installing suspicious software bundles. It is designed to use your computer's resources secretly for mining digital currencies. Removing this application is recommended because it will impact your PC’s performance significantly. Furthermore, the added stress of the mining process will force the Central Processing unit (CPU) to generate more heat and use more power. Unknown cyber crooks have made this program to make money for them — not you, so this program is useless as far as you are concerned. Therefore, we have classified Gplyra Miner as a potentially unwanted program. Read more »
Startup Maximizer
Startup Maximizer is a piece of software that claims to be a beneficial PC optimizer. If you open its official website solidtechies.com, you will immediately notice that it promises to act in a very useful way. It is said there that it will boost the speed of your computer, remove undesirable software, eliminate advertisements from your screen, and clean the system registry. Even though this program seems to be very beneficial, specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com have found that it is not as perfect as it might seem to be at first sight. In fact, researchers say that they have to put this piece of software into the category of potentially unwanted programs. Of course, there are several reasons why they classify this program as a PUP. We will tell you more about this software further in this article. We are sure that we will also help you to decide whether or not to keep it installed, so read the article carefully and then take action. Read more »
AdSkip
AdSkip looks like a neat reliable and useful application because it claims to block annoying advertisements. However, it does not do that, and we suggest removing it at your earliest convenience. Research has shown that a few months after installing this application it starts to install malicious programs secretly, and we have heard that it can even install Trojans. So this application can jeopardize your computer’s security, and you should get rid of it to ensure that your computer remains malware-free. In this short description, we will tell you about how this application functions, where it comes from and how you can uninstall it. Read more »
Backdoor.teamviewer
Backdoor.teamviewer is a malicious program that might be used to infect your computer with other malware or use it as a proxy. In other words, the cyber criminals behind the program could exploit your computer for illegal activities or attacks on other systems. If you have Backdoor.teamviewer on your computer, you should erase it as soon as possible. Luckily, our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com tested this malicious program and found a way to remove it manually. Therefore, if you are up for this task, you can scroll below the text and check the removal instructions. However, if you do not think that you can delete it by yourself, you should download a legitimate antimalware tool and let it erase this threat. Read more »
Russian Eda2 Ransomware
Russian Eda2 Ransomware is an open-source ransomware infection that was first released publicly for educational purposes (at least, it is said so). Even though the original Russian Eda2 Ransomware project was abandoned 5 months ago, cyber criminals still use the code of this ransomware to create other similar infections. Unfortunately, the code is available on github.com and accessible to anyone, so it is very likely that other ransomware infections based on Russian Eda2 Ransomware will be released in the future too. It will be immediately clear for you that you have encountered a ransomware infection because files you keep on your computer will all be encrypted and you could no longer access them. It is not very likely that you will encounter the original Russian Eda2 Ransomware; however, its other versions are still prevalent on the web these days and you might encounter them. If you do, eliminate the variant of Russian Eda2 Ransomware that affected your computer immediately even though it tells you that you need to pay money for gaining access to files it has locked. Read more »
KMSPico
KMSPico is a very popular tool for illegally activating Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office products. Due to the fact that it is an unofficial activation program that tampers with certain settings of the OS, many anti-virus and anti-malware applications detect it as a threat, but most of them do not remove it since in most cases, it is labeled as “suspicious” and left as is. Such detections are usually detections are false positives because KMSPico is not malicious. Still many users have reported that this activation tool is a Trojan and it comes bundled with browser hijackers and adware. Therefore, in this article, we will discuss how this activation tool works and whether it is safe. Read more »
Protected Ransomware
Protected Ransomware is yet another malware that is capable of encrypting your personal data. Programs that function in such a harmful way have been rather active for the past few months. Thus, every Internet user should be aware of such programs since they can cause a huge data loss and could turn out to be the reason other program of similar functionality might be able to enter your operating system without a lot of trouble. Usually, users infect their PC with Protected Ransomware or any other malicious program because they lack knowledge about the importance of virtual security. In this article we provide further information in regards to the functionality of this malware as well as a few preventative steps that should allow you to keep your computer safe and secure at all times. If you happen to already have this malicious program on your computer, do not hesitate to use the detailed removal guide that we present below. Read more »
Bazzsearch.com
If you find Bazz Search extension or any of the related search engines in your Google Chrome browser, Bazzsearch.com browser hijacker may have sneaked onto your computer. This hijacker can modify your search engine setting but it may also be able to start up your browser with its search page loaded. Unfortunately, this browser hijacker can expose you to potentially unsafe web content through its redirected and possibly modified search results. But do not think for a second that you are safe just because you tend to use Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. As a matter of fact, the presence of this hijacker may indicate that there are other malware infections on board as well. This clearly would mean multiple malware threats endangering your privacy and your virtual security. That is why our malware researchers at anti-spyware-101.com suggest that you remove Bazzsearch.com as soon as possible. Read more »
Search.login-help.net
Search.login-help.net is a browser hijacker that can affect Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. It seems it can set a new homepage on either of these two browsers and add an extension to the Mozilla Firefox. Moreover, it might also track you while you surf the Internet and gather your anonymous information. The software’s Privacy Policy states that the application might share or use this data to serve you third-party advertising. We should warn you that such content could have links to third-party web pages, and some of them might be harmful to your system. If you do not want to risk your computer’s safety, the application’s removal should be your top priority task. To make it easier for you, we added manual removal instructions below the text that were prepared by our specialists at Anti-spyware-101.com. Read more »