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Amnesia 2 Ransomware is a dangerous hit to your computer and to you as well, as this vicious program can encrypt most of your files once it is initiated on your system. This malicious threat can sneak onto your system without your permission and knowledge. Our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com say that this is a Delphi-based ransomware just like RSUTILS Ransomware and Extractor Ransomware. After this attack, you are offered a way out by buying a decryptor that can allegedly restore your files. These criminals demand a rather high amount for this tool and to be quite frank, there is a chance that you will not even get it even if you transfer the ransom fee. Instead, we advise you to search the web for a free tool to recover your files, which you may find in this case. However, if you are not an experienced user, we suggest that you ask a friend or an IT expert to help you out with this because it is quite easy to infect your system with more threats if you land on the wrong site or download the wrong tool. If you have not launched the malicious file yet, we highly recommend that you remove Amnesia 2 Ransomware from your system. If it has already hit you, it most likely removed itself after it finished its job. Read more »

Resurrection Ransomware is yet another ransomware based on the Hidden-Tear project. However, like Decryption Assistant Ransomware that we analyzed recently, this new ransomware is also only partially working. Apparently, both of these programs are experiencing problems but, nevertheless, it does not mean that Resurrection Ransomware is going to remain harmless. It has the potential to encrypt your personal and demand money to have them decrypted. Therefore, you ought to remove this ransomware as soon as possible before it is updated and fully functional. For more information, please read this whole article. Read more »

$ucyLocker Ransomware (also known as SucyLocker Ransomware) is a harmful malicious application detected by our experienced researchers at the beginning of June, 2017. The fact that it has been detected recently suggests that it is a new ransomware-type infection which is not very popular yet. Everything might change soon, of course. Ransomware infections are malicious applications developed by cyber criminals to extract money from users, and, unfortunately, we cannot say that $ucyLocker Ransomware is different. After its malicious file VapeHacksLoader.exe is launched, it starts working on a victim’s computer. It finds where users’ files are located first and only then encrypts them. In this sense, it does not differ much from other ransomware-type infections based on the Hidden-Tear engine. Do not give the developer of this nasty infection a cent and hurry to delete $ucyLocker Ransomware from your computer so that it could not lock your files one more time. This malicious application not only encrypts files, but also disables Task Manager. Evidently, it tries to make it harder to remove it. Do not worry; after getting rid of the ransomware infection, you could restore its functionality. Read more »

Have you started seeing irritating Qipapp Ads on your screen? If the answer to this question is “yes,” you must have an application Qipapp installed and active on your computer. This application is better known as a Trojan.HomepageDefender to specialists at anti-spyware-101.com. According to specialists working there, this application might work as an adware helper for Chinese applications. Consequently, it might perform a bunch of undesirable activities on users’ computers, for example, generate commercial advertisements and collect information about them, to name a few. It will surely not become a beneficial application, so we see no point in keeping this application installed on the computer. Although it is a Trojan infection, i.e. a harmful threat, it should not be hard to remove it because it creates an uninstaller in Control Panel. The information you find in the following paragraphs of this article will tell you more about Qipapp so that you would know what to expect from it if you make a decision to let it stay active on your system. Additionally, we will discuss its removal in detail in the last paragraph. Read more »