Latvijas Policijas Virus is a computer infection which makes the computer inoperable and presents a bogus notification aimed at making the user believe that his or her computer is locked by the Latvian police. The impression that one is dealing with the police is created by an emblem of the police (Latvijas Policijas) and a faded flag of the country. Moreover, it is stated in the message that the user might have used copyrighted content, Read more »
Polizei österreich Virus is a computer infection which makes the system inoperable after making unauthorized changes of your system’s settings. The purpose of paralyzing the system is to deceive computer users in Austria into paying a ransom charge of 100 euros through Paysafecard. As the infection presents a message which is supposedly sent by the Austrian police, you may think that the message has nothing to do with cyber criminals. However, you should remove Polizei österreich Virus if you want to restore the functionality of your PC. Read more »
Windows Task Manager is a multifunctional utility allowing you to end any selected process. It may occur to you that a process or an application consumes too many memory resources or causes high percentage of CPU usage, which may imply that the process or the application has to be disabled. Below, you will find how to use your Windows Task Manager to end a selected process: Read more »
The research of deceptive computer tools has revealed that very often pseudo-antivirus applications disable Windows Task Manager so that a user cannot complete the removal of the rogue software. When Task Manager is disabled on an infected computer, an error is displayed instead of the Task Manager’s interface. Read more »
Windows uses the paging file to store data that was in the physical memory, but then it was removed, because the system wanted to use the virtual memory for other purposes. Even though it is impossible the change the way Windows decides which programs are supposed to stay in the virtual memory and which will be kicked out. However, you can disable the paging file, so that the system would not use it anymore. Read more »
Usually the size of the Paging File is set by the system, but the user can also have a say about it. If you set the size of the file yourself, you will avoid the perpetual growth of the file, which occurs when the size is controlled by the system. If the Paging File size continues to increase, it slows down your application and causes fragmentation errors. The Paging File isn’t supposed to have file fragments, Read more »
If your PC is infected with BSA Virus, your first step should be not to panic. The threat provides the user with a misleading message saying that the PC is locked due to illegal actions performed on the PC. As long as the message is present on the screen, the computer’s settings are disabled in order to convince the user that the situation is not simulated. The message may seem to be a compelling case, because it has the logo of Business Software Alliance which is said to be responsible for the lockdown of the PC. Read more »
If you live in Norway you should be aware of Politiet Norge Ukash Virus and the danger it poses. It is recommended to remove Politiet Norge Ukash Virus from your computer as soon as you can. Some users might think that it is impossible to get rid of the infection, because it locks the user out of his computer and displays a fraudulent message that says the user has violated Norwegian laws and therefore his computer has been blocked. Read more »
IRMA virus is a new ransomware infection which makes the infected computer inoperable by disabling access to the desktop programs and the Internet. The virus is attributed to Ukash viruses, including such obstinate viruses as Politia Romana Virus, Ministere de L'interieur Virus, and Europol European Law Enforcement Agency Virus. Every virus has a misleading message which is displayed on the screen once the infection gets into the system. Read more »
"System Error. Hard disk failure detected" is a fake security notification that pops up on your screen when you are infected with a rogue antispyware program. According to security specialists, this fake notification indicates the onset of either Smart HDD or Data Recovery infection. There are even more rogues from the same fake defragmenter family, Read more »
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