CashU Virus is a malicious ransomware infection which gets its name from the CashU money transfer system popular in the Middle East as well as North Africa. It replaces the popular Ukash, Paysafecard and Moneypak systems which have been utilized to collect money from European, Australian and American Windows users. The devious threat runs on operating Windows systems with the help of Urausy Trojan. Read more »
Savings Assistant is available from savings-assistant.com; however, you should consider whether you need to install this suspicious browser extension onto your personal computer. Since the application may be infiltrated onto the PC alongside freeware, you may find it downloaded onto Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorers seemingly without your authorization. How to prevent this? Always read the License Agreement of the application you are downloading, pay close attention to the installation wizard and use only legitimate file-sharing sources. Overall, it is recommended that you delete Savings Assistant from the PC as soon as possible because this application may engage you in various unwanted activities. Please continue reading to find out more. Read more »
Smart Address Bar is a browser add-on which is claimed to help you access a preferable website easily. It turns your address bar into a search box which presents various keywords related to the keyword you are typing in. The application has its official website; however, it can be downloaded from other sources, too. The browser add-on works on Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, and it has been found that the latter browser does not have to be altered manually as the plug-in is removed from the browser as soon as it is uninstalled via Control Panel. Read more »
Police Virus is a generic name for hundreds of different ransomware infections which use deception and apocryphal credentials of international Police departments and agencies just to generate illicit profits. Some of the recent examples include Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü virus, Su Licencia Ha Caducado Virus and POLITIE Belgique Police Fédérale Virus. As research shows, the infection is spread all around the world, as it has been detected in Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, the U.S., Read more »
One of the browser extensions Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers recommend avoiding is Savings Magnet. The program has been developed to assist you when shopping online, as it supposedly accumulates and displays various online coupons and saving deals. Even though the browser add-on, which is applicable to IE, Firefox and Chrome browsers, seems extraordinarily beneficial, there are some disconcerting facts regarding your virtual privacy when using it. Read more »
Vidsaver is a potentially unwanted application which can be downloaded onto Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers from vid-saver.com. Some computer security experts categorize the program as adware because it may collect information regarding your browsing History and share it with third-party members who could flood your PC with various online ads and pop-ups. According to Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers, you should not rely on the program to provide you with reliable services. It would be best to delete Vidsaver from the computer, but how can this be done? Please continue reading to find out what removal tactics you should exercise in order to get rid of the add-on. Read more »
opera.dll is a malicious files that can be a complimentary part of many other malicious infections. This file is classified as malicious software which means it can perform a number of malicious activities on a target computer. Initially, a user may think that opera.dll belongs to Opera Internet browser, but if you do not use this browser and still you have this file on your computer, you are obviously infected with malware, and you need to remove opera.dll immediately. It should be also noted that along with opera.dll there will definitely be other malware infection your PC, so be sure to remove all malicious files from your PC as well. Read more »
Deal Spy is a browser plugin that is compatible with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox Internet browsers. This plugin displays coupons and sales deals when you visit a particular online store that is included into Deal Spy list. Officially, this browser extension is a useful tool, created to help you save money on your purchases. Nevertheless, some users claim that Deal Spy displays annoying commercial advertisements and they have no idea how the application entered their PCs in the first place. Although this extension is not a dangerous computer malware, you are highly advised to remove Deal Spy from your system in order to avoid a number of possible complications. Read more »
A new version of a malicious ransomware infection has been detected. Widely known as Your computer has been locked! Virus, the malicious program runs with the assistance of the malicious Kovter infection. All that schemers need to infiltrate the devious trojan onto the PC is for you to click on a random link, open a corrupted spam email attachment, follow a clandestine advertisement or install a bundled download. After this, the malignant Kovter Read more »
Deal Vault is a browser extension that displays coupon deals in a number of Internet stores. It is actually identical to Savings Vault, because when you install the plugin, you see that instead of Deal Vault, there's Savings Vault add-on installed on your PC. As such Deal Vault is obviously developed by 215 Apps else known as Innovative Apps. So you can expect from it the same things as from the aforementioned Savings Vault, Supreme Savings, Giant Savings Adware, InstatSavingsApp and many more. It does not matter which Internet browser is your default one - Deal Vault is compatible with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. At first glance this application seems like a useful plugin, but users are recommended to remove Deal Vault from their PCs due to its pervasive nature. Read more »
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