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Payment Ransomware

Posted by on December 19, 2017 No comments
Payment Ransomware

If a window with a padlock in the top-right corner and a word PAYMENT at the top has been opened on your Desktop, you must have encountered Payment Ransomware, a nasty malicious application belonging to the group of crypto-malware. It is especially true if you cannot move this window. Do not worry; it is not one of those malicious applications that entirely lock users’ screens to push them into paying money to cyber crooks. If you encounter the same version of Payment Ransomware analyzed by our researchers, you could close the window opened for you by pressing Alt+F4 on your keyboard. Unfortunately, the ransomware infection will not disappear from your computer when you close its window. Yes, you will still need to put some effort into its removal. Luckily, it does not have many components (files). Additionally, it does not create any new registry keys on affected computers. Because of this, you should not find its removal a very challenging task, especially if you follow the step-by-step manual removal guide prepared by experienced specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com. Before we talk about its removal in detail, let’s find out how it acts. Read more »

Advance Doc Optimizer

Posted by on December 19, 2017 No comments
Advance Doc Optimizer

If you desire to make your operating system run faster and better, you might be looking for a system optimizer. Well, you have careful because many of them are bogus or useless. Advance Doc Optimizer is not a security threat, and we cannot identify it as a completely fake or useless tool, but the fact is that its services are extremely overpriced, and you should look for a better alternative. Our research team at Anti-Spyware-101.com has recently reviewed this suspicious PUP (potentially unwanted program), and it was found that it asks a lot of its potential customers. In fact, when analyzing this application, it retailed at $66,48. All in all, although an official download page and purchase page exist, it appears that this program can also be spread in less transparent ways, and that could be one of the reasons to delete Advance Doc Optimizer. Of course, that is not THE reason to remove this potentially unwanted program. If you are curious to learn more, please continue reading. Read more »

Apogee Pc Pro

Posted by on December 18, 2017 No comments
Apogee Pc Pro

Apogee Pc Pro is a potentially unwanted program that might be installed on your computer accidentally. This application is not a direct system infection, but you must have been looking for ways to remove it if you opened this page. In our description, we will tell you more about this application, and you will also find the removal guidelines below. If this program entered your PC by accident, you would do yourself a favor if you delete Apogee Pc Pro as soon as possible. You should also look for other programs that might have entered your system together with this application. Read more »

Geekto.net

Posted by on December 18, 2017 No comments
Geekto.net

A program that goes by the name of Geekto.net should not be up and running on your operating system. If you already have this devious application active on your computer, make sure to execute its complete removal without any hesitation. It is critical to do so because this program happens to be one more browser hijacker. Just like its counterparts, it can make intrusive changes to your browser's default settings without any authorization or notification. As you can imagine, due to such alterations browsing the web will become a much more annoying and frustrating experience than you are used to. If that was not enough, must know that in some instances, this browser hijacker could prove to be quite dangerous. It might expose your operating system to suspicious and even malicious web content. Learn more about the inner workings of this devious program by reading our detailed report. Below, we also include a detailed removal guide, which you should use to delete Geekto.net once and for all. Read more »

Search.searchw3m.com

Posted by on December 15, 2017 No comments
Search.searchw3m.com

Search.searchw3m.com is a browser hijacker, so it might appear on your browser unexpectedly. Our specialists at Anti-spyware-101.com say it could enter the system via bundled software installers downloaded from unreliable sources. The good news is it not a malicious threat so it should not cause you a lot of trouble. Nonetheless, the application may provide you with a questionable search engine, and through it, the software could be displaying annoying and possibly potentially dangerous third-party advertising content. Under such circumstances, we recommend not to waste any time with Search.searchw3m.com, especially if you downloaded it unknowingly and would rather use a search engine of your preference. If this is the case, we offer users our deletion instructions available at the end of the article. Also, we invite reading the rest of the text because it might help you keep away from threats alike in the future. Read more »

Globe2 Ransomware

Posted by on December 15, 2017 No comments

Globe2 Ransomware, as its name may suggest, is the new version of Globe Ransomware that first appeared last year, in 2016. Although this ransomware program can encrypt hundreds of file extensions and cause severe devastation on your system, just like in the case of the first version, you can actually decrypt your files using a free tool. But this should not mislead you to think that you can take this threat lightly; it is still a dangerous ransomware threat that needs to be taken care of immediately. On the other hand, if you are not an experienced or advanced computer user, we do not even recommend that you yourself try to find this free decryption tool or use it, either. It is best to find a computer savvy friend or even a professional to help you with that. In any case, our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com say that you should remove Globe2 Ransomware as soon as possible. Read more »

My Email Signin

Posted by on December 14, 2017 No comments
My Email Signin

If you install the My Email Signin extension from http://myemailsignin.com/, which is its homepage, or the Chrome Web Store, you will find the main settings of your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome altered. It is impossible not to notice the altered settings of browsers because this piece of software changes homepages, default search tools, and New Tab URLs on them all. Specifically speaking, http://search.hmyemailsignin.com/ will be set on your browsers and, because of this, you will see it open for you each time you launch your web browser. Some users read the extension’s description before installing it, so they do not find these changes applied a huge surprise; however, a bunch of users do not know anything about them until they install this piece of software on their computers and open their web browsers for the first time. It goes without saying that users who do not know anything about the installation of My Email Signin are not happy about the modifications made either. Luckily, there is a quick way to fix everything – the page set will be gone when you delete My Email Signin. We believe its removal will not be very problematic because it is not one of these dangerous malicious applications. Read more »

NetGaming Search

Posted by on December 14, 2017 No comments
NetGaming Search

NetGaming Search is a questionable piece of software, which should never be up and running on your personal computer. If you ever discover it up and running on your computer, make sure to perform its complete removal right away. That is important to do so because this application has been classified as a potentially unwanted program. Such classification has been made because it exhibits invasive and otherwise suspicious functionality. Also, you should know that this potentially unwanted program could be distributed in questionable ways. To understand how this dubious application functions and why we urge you to remove it, make sure to read the rest of this report. Additionally, you will find virtual security recommendations, which will help you maintain a fully secure operating system at all times. Finally, to help you delete NetGaming Search once and for all, make sure to follow the detailed removal guide that we present below. Read more »

Wannacry Detected Scam

Posted by on December 13, 2017 No comments

If you see a warning claiming that Wannacry, a nasty ransomware infection, is active on your PC, you must have encountered Wannacry Detected Scam. Its purpose is to scare you into believing that you have harmful malware “on your computer and network location.” Of course, it is a lie, we can assure you. You see this warning not because the ransomware infection has successfully slithered onto your computer. Instead, its appearance might be directly associated with the entrance of malicious software. Of course, you could have found this fake warning on some kind of dubious domain you have opened accidentally as well. In such a case, it will disappear from your screen and will never bother you again if you close your web browser and make sure you do not open that page ever again. Unfortunately, it is more likely that you have encountered Wannacry Detected Scam because there is malware installed on your computer if the fake warning is opened to you automatically from time to time no matter what you do. It might be any malicious application, so we cannot promise that its removal will be very easy. Read more »

Ranion 1.07 Ransomware

Posted by on December 13, 2017 No comments
Ranion 1.07 Ransomware

Ranion 1.07 Ransomware is claimed to be an educational project but it appears to be a complete lie. Our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com say that this is indeed a RaaS (Ransomware as a Service) sold on the darknet. This also means unfortunately that more and more variants may surface with smaller or bigger differences according to the particular buyers' choices and configurations. If this ransomware, any of its variants, managed to infiltrate your system, you can be sure that your most important files will be encrypted. Causing irrevocable damage is not the main goal here; extorting money from the victims for the decryption key is why this ransomware really exists. Although you may believe that paying the ransom fee will free your files, we beg to differ. As a matter of fact, it is always very risky to pay due to the fact that cyber criminals would rather disappear than send you the decryption key. We recommend that you remove Ranion 1.07 Ransomware immediately after you realize that you have been hit. Read more »