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FBI Cybercrime Division Virus

Posted by on February 11, 2013 No comments
FBI Cybercrime Division Virus

Cyber criminals have renewed ransomware virus attacks with the help of Urausy Trojan which changes its interfaces according to the targeted country. If you live in the U.S., your PC may be infected with FBI Cybercrime Division Virus (International Cyber Security Protection Alliance) which will disable access to the system and display a full-screen hoax message which is designed to look as if it was created by a law enforcement agency. The fact that the message has the credentials of the ICSPA and FBI Cybercrime Division does not mean that you can trust it. Moreover, the warning is not related to the Microsoft, even they there is a statement “Supported and Protected by Microsoft”. Read more »

Facebook Token Hijacker

Posted by on February 11, 2013 No comments

Facebook Token Hijacker is a dangerous computer infection which attacks your PC through your Facebook account. If you see that your Facebook wall contains a post which has been posted using your own account and if you are sure that you have nothing to do with it, it is likely that Facebook Token Hijacker has gained control over your profile. The sooner you remove the threat, the better it is for the performance of your PC. Read more »

System Repair Virus

Posted by on February 8, 2013 2 comments
System Repair Virus

System Repair virus is a fake computer application which imitates the operations of a computer optimization program and presents false positives to prompt you to pay money for its fake full version. The threat cannot be trusted because it belongs to the same fake HDD family to which File Restore, File Recovery and other fake hard drive defragmentation tools are attributed. If System Repair is on your computer, you should not wait any longer and remove it straight away. Read more »

SavingsApp

Posted by on February 7, 2013 No comments

SavingsApp coupons, or SavingsApp, is a browser add-on which is you can acquire in two ways. You can either download it from savings-app.com or get it installed alongside freeware to which the add-on was installed. In either case, you probably want to remove it from your PC because of the annoying ads that pop up while you are surfing the Internet. If it has arrived at your PC with some suspicion toolbar, do not get surprised if you find your browsers hijacked. Here you will find out how to remove SavingsApp so that you are no longer provided with unwanted advertisements and offers. Read more »

Search.fbdownloader.com

Posted by on February 7, 2013 13 comments
Search.fbdownloader.com

Search.fbdownloader.com is a potentially unwanted, intrusive search engine which is set as your home page and your default search engine after you visit fbdownloader.com and install FBDownloader. The program is meant to allow you download “an unlimited number of Facebook photos (at one time)”; however, you may disagree with the browser setting changes which follow the installation. According to Anti-Spyware-101.com computer threat researchers, Read more »

Disk Antivirus Professional Virus

Posted by on February 7, 2013 2 comments
Disk Antivirus Professional Virus

Disk Antivirus Professional Virus is a malicious rogue anti-spyware program which affects operating Windows systems and which has been developed to generate illicit profits. There is no doubt that the malignant program serves vicious cyber criminals and their malevolent schemes because the program claims to produce fictitious services. Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers who have analyzed the fake AV have discovered that the rogue can travel via multiple security vulnerabilities. Read more »

Pricegong Virus

Posted by on February 5, 2013 2 comments

PriceGong Virus, officially known as PriceGong or PriceGong Comparative Shopping Tool, is a browser add-on which is claimed to help you save money. Like other coupons and offers serving browser add-ons, PriceGong indentifies the websites you are at and suggests attractive offers for the product you are interested in.  The partners of this application are PriceGrabber.com, Shopzilla, Shopping.com and others. Read more »

EU Police Virus

Posted by on February 5, 2013 2 comments

EU Police Virus is a computer infection that blocks your desktop access and demands a ransom fee. Hence, it is called ransomware. EU Police Virus is distributed by trojans that enter your system surreptitiously and then perform specific changes within the registry that allows this ransomware infection to start automatically when you turn on your computer. Once the program is running, it locks you out of your desktop, and displays a fake security notification about with fake charges against you. You have to remove EU Police Virus right now, and do not even think of paying the ransom. Read more »

Urausy FBI Moneypak Virus

Posted by on February 4, 2013 4 comments

If you want to have your operating Windows system running ordinarily, you need to protect it against Urausy FBI Moneypak Virus. The vicious ransomware infection is managed through the infamous Windows infection Trojan.Urausy.A which usually travels with bundled downloads. Computer infections like this one are usually propagated using different drive-by download schemes so that more computers would get infected. As soon as this happens, your PC becomes locked and you are presented with a fake and misleading notification supposedly sent by the FBI. It is a must to delete Urausy FBI Moneypak Virus; however, not many Windows users know which removal procedures fit this cunning infection. Continue reading to learn more. Read more »

Trojan.Urausy.A

Posted by on February 4, 2013 2 comments

Trojan.Urausy.A is a Trojan infection, also known as ransomware, which can do a lot of harm to your PC.  It is impossible not to notice this threat on a PC, as it accesses a computer, disables security programs and provides you with a full-screen image containing the credential of a law enforcement agency. Like the majority dangerous infections, Trojan.Urausy.A can be downloaded while visiting compromised websites. Once in the system, the threat changes the registry entries and drops malign files. Do not try to remove the infection manually, because you may unknowingly remove wrong files or miss the files which have to be removed. Read more »