Win32/OpenCandy is also known as Adware:Win32/OpenCandy. The application has been developed to enter your personal computer, discover your browsing preferences and flood your browsers with various online offers and deals. Advertisements presented by the application should not be trusted at any point because some of them could be employed as Windows security backdoors to infect your personal computer with secondary spyware. Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers warn that this activity is tremendously Read more »
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Win32.Downloader.Gen
Posted by Max Lehmann
on June 13, 2013
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Win32.Downloader.Gen is a heuristic detection that can be found by various computer infections. If your anti-virus program has informed you about Win32.Downloader.Gen but cannot remove it from the PC, install a spyware removal tool which is powerful enough to remove the threat. It is also important to make sure that all your programs are updated and the Windows Firewall is turned on; otherwise, the system can remain susceptible to various computer threats circulating on the Internet. Read more »
noticiasalpunto
Posted by Max Lehmann
on June 13, 2013
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noticiasalpunto is a computer infection classified as browser hijacker. It is responsible for the erratic behavior of your browser, constant redirections and inability to change your home page. When you are infected with noticiasalpunto, you are often redirected to a number of associated websites in order to increase their traffic. Although this browser hijacker is more annoying than dangerous, you need to remove noticiasalpunto to prevent other dangerous infections from entering your PC. That is so, because browser hijackers and similar applications often unwittingly become malware distributors. What is more, you could have dangerous files residing in your system already, without you even knowing it! Read more »
Trojan.Win32.ZAccess.ca
Posted by Max Lehmann
on June 12, 2013
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Trojan.Win32.ZAccess.ca is a computer infection else known as Trojan:Win32/Sirefef.AN or Trojan.Win32.Alureon. It means that this computer threat is extremely dangerous as it is a component of both Trojan Sirefef and Trojan Alureon families of computer infections. Both, Sirefef and Alureon are data-stealing Trojans, so if you are infected with Trojan.Win32.ZAccess.ca, it means that there is a high chance that malicious programs are surveying you and your sensitive financial data is being stolen. You have to remove Trojan.Win32.ZAccess.ca and other dangerous infections from your computer right now; otherwise you would suffer terrible consequences. Read more »
TrojanSpy:Win64/Ursnif.AF
Posted by Max Lehmann
on June 12, 2013
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TrojanSpy:Win64/Ursnif.AF is not a computer infection you want to face. It is extremely difficult to detect and delete the Trojan. It does not have an interface. What is more, most of its files use cloaked names! Do you know how dangerous is a cloaked file? This term stands for a malignant component which has employed the name of an authentic file to conceal its presence and raise no suspicions. It is unfortunate but because of this the threat may remain hidden for a long time, and this is all that schemers need to take over the PC and employ it for highly malicious operations, including spyware distribution from your own email account. Do you wish to remove TrojanSpy:Win64/Ursnif.AF from the operating Windows system? Well you certainly should, which is why we recommend that you continue reading. Read more »
MyCoups
Posted by Max Lehmann
on June 12, 2013
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MyCoups is a browser add-on which is known as a price comparison application that displays coupons and offers related to the items you are searching for on the Internet. The application is compatible with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, and it can be downloaded from the official website mycoups.com. The browser plug-in can also be acquired alongside free applications whose installers very often are ignored, so if you have just installed some application and found MyCoups on the browsers, do not think that your computer has been infected. Read more »
Findr
Posted by Max Lehmann
on June 11, 2013
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Findr is a toolbar that is supposed to improve your Internet browsing experience. This browser extension is compatible with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers. The toolbar comes with a separate search bar and a few shortcuts to weather, news channels, YouTube and other websites that you may customize if you want to. Findr is not a malicious computer infection, but the general consensus is that you would be better off without it as well. Therefore, remove Findr from your computer to make sure that you do not get exposed to malware. Read more »
Ievbz.com
Posted by Max Lehmann
on June 11, 2013
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Ievbz.com is a clandestine adware program which acts as a browser hijacker and which needs to be removed from the operating Windows system without any delay. The malicious hijacker acts in the same way as the recently reported Vizvaz.com and Trustedoffer.com, both of which may modify your browser settings without any of your consent or authorization. Unfortunately, the threat can affect even such popular browsers as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Once this happens, your home page and default search engine are changed. This is one of the signals that you need to remove Ievbz.com hijacker from the operating system. Please continue reading what Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have to say about the removal of this threat. Read more »
generic29.ajge
Posted by Max Lehmann
on June 11, 2013
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generic29.ajge is a Trojan infection that enter your system behind your back and then lays low in order to avoid being detected or removed. Due to the fact, that generic29.ajge does not manifest itself, you may remain oblivious to the infection for a long period of time. Naturally, such infection tactics is especially detrimental to your system, because the Trojan may perform a variety of malicious actions against without you even realizing it. That is why you need to perform regular computer system scans with such antimalware scanners as SpyHunter so that you would be able to remove generic29.ajge and similar infection the moment they are detected. Read more »
minerd.exe
Posted by Max Lehmann
on June 10, 2013
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Minerd.exe is a file which can be detected by your anti-virus program as a Trojan infection. The file does not have its interface, but you may be alerted about its presence through the Task Manager. If you find that the system is sluggish and that minerd.exe is using huge amounts of memory, note that your computer is infected. When you terminate the process, install a spyware removal tool to kill the infection as after the system restart the threat may be renewed. Read more »
