2YourFace is a browser add-on which is said to help you save money as with this application you can make free video and phone calls on FaceBook and play one-on-one games. However, everything is not as good as it seems. 2YourFace can provide you with advertisements redirecting you to other websites, which may cause you a drive-by download which can result in the infection of the PC. Anti-Spyware-101.com Read more »
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Disk Antivirus Professional
Posted by Lisa Blanc
on January 31, 2013
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Right after you notice that Disk Antivirus Professional is running on your computer – you have to act quickly in order to delete this vicious Windows infection. The application resembles a real, authentic malware detection and removal tool; however, it actually is the newest cyber criminals’ product. The devious program could be slipped onto your PC via bundled downloads, spam email attachments, social engineering cams and other security backdoors. Read more »
Carolini.net (chosurvey.net , mycosurvey.net )
Posted by Lisa Blanc
on January 30, 2013
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Carolini.net is a website that redirects users to random affiliated websites of commercial content, including mycosurvey.net and chosurvey.net. If you enter carolini.net into your web browser, you will most definitely see one of those websites that offers you an "iPod for free!", if you answer a questionnaire and give away your personal details. Therefore, it is obvious that Carolini.net is an annoying and dangerous nuisance that functions like browser hijacker by changing your DNS settings and then sending away to a potentially hazardous website. Thus, it is necessary to remove Carolini.net and all of its files from your computer, if you want to avoid being infected by serious malware. Read more »
Iminent Search
Posted by Lisa Blanc
on January 29, 2013
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Iminent Search is a search engine which belongs to the Iminent browser extensions and which can be installed after downloading the toolbar published by the French app developer SIEN S.A. The main product to which the search engine is attached to is the IMinent toolbar which offers emoticons for your social networking sites and email. The toolbar is available from iminent.com and is compatible with the most popular web browsers Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Read more »
Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.B
Posted by Lisa Blanc
on January 29, 2013
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Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.B is a tremendously deceitful and misleading infection which you should remove if you want the PC guarded against virtual cyber criminals’ schemes. It has been discovered that the Trojan runs through JavaScript and has been created to perform unauthorized web page rerouting. The infection behaves as a browser hijacker, however it can initiate other malignant processes as well. Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers warn that the infection may hide within the Temporary Internet Files folder, Read more »
Smart Security
Posted by Lisa Blanc
on January 28, 2013
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Smart Security is the name of a fraudulent spyware removal application which is attributed to the Rogue.WinPCDefender family. As the ultimate goal of this rogue application is to get your money by deception, various scare techniques are employed. This program does not scan the PC but pretends to do so by displaying fake security warnings and scans which you should pay no attention to. Why? If you pay the money for the licensed version of Smart Security, you do not get anything in return as the system remains vulnerable to computer infections. Read more »
Delta Search Redirect to Delta-search.com
Posted by Lisa Blanc
on January 25, 2013
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Delta Search is a browser hijacker that redirects user to Delta Search affiliated websites without user's permission. It is closely related to click.livesearch.com and websearch.mocaflix.com fake search engines. It might seem that Delta Search Redirect provides decent search function, but the truth is that it only uses a customized version of a well-known search engine. What is more, Delta Search Redirect displays advertisements on its main page, Read more »
Ask Toolbar
Posted by Lisa Blanc
on January 25, 2013
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Ask Toolbar is a browser add-on created by the developers of Ask search engine. The toolbar is usually acquired accidentally as very often it comes bundled with free programs available at insecure websites. Some computer users think that they have not installed Ask Toolbar even though they have downloaded and installed a program to whose installer the toolbar was attached. If you do not pay attention to the software installation dialog windows, you can miss check box allowing you to choose not to install a toolbar. Read more »
Boxore Adware
Posted by Lisa Blanc
on January 22, 2013
1 comment
If you value your online privacy, you do not want to have Boxore adware running on your operating Windows system. The devious application is propagated via online movie streaming sites, which require you to install video codecs and secondary programs to watch chosen films. Of course, watching films for free in most cases is illegal and, therefore, may lead you to dangerous situations. It has also been discovered that the program travels with such suspicious tools as the Babylon Toolbar and PlayerPlus. Read more »
Trojan:Win64/Sirefef.AE
Posted by Lisa Blanc
on January 21, 2013
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Trojan:Win64/Sirefef.AE is a devious computer infection which was first detected in August of 2012. Only half a year has passed since then and the infection has already brought success to cyber criminals. Schemers invented and distributed the malicious threat to hijack system processes and enable connections to remote servers. Read more »
