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Mirageiso

Posted by on October 19, 2017 No comments
Mirageiso

Have you downloaded Mirageiso yourself, or has it slithered into your operating system without your notice? According to our research team, in some cases, this suspicious program can be downloaded without user’s permission at all, and that, of course, should be classified as malicious activity. After all, the programs that slither into your operating system without permission should not be identified as trustworthy. If you are determined to delete Mirageiso from your Windows operating system right now, you can find the guide below. Remember that it is not enough to uninstall this potentially unwanted program (PUP) because leftovers remain active afterward. The good news is that complete removal of this unwanted program is possible. We also recommend reading this report to learn more about the PUP’s activity, which you might be interested in regardless of whether this suspicious piece of software was installed with or without your knowledge. Read more »

X1881 Ransomware

Posted by on October 19, 2017 No comments
X1881 Ransomware

A new malicious application X1881 Ransomware, often referred to as crypto malware, has been detected. It has turned out that it is not exactly a completely new threat. Malware researchers have proof that it is a new version of CryptoMix Ransomware (you can read about it on your website). This new version is as dangerous as the previous one, so we are sure you will find a bunch of your files encrypted if it ever slithers onto your computer. Ransomware infections do not encrypt users’ files just to make fun of them. Malicious software developers use these infections to obtain money from ordinary users easier. Although X1881 Ransomware does not ask users to make a payment right away, we are sure you will be told when you write an email to cyber criminals that the only way to decrypt those locked files is to pay a certain amount of money to them. Needless to say, sending money to malware developers is the worst users can do because the chances are high that their files will stay locked. It does not mean that it is impossible to unlock the encrypted data without the special decryptor cyber criminals have – you could restore your files from a backup. The restoration of files should only take place when X1881 Ransomware is removed completely because it can launch automatically with the Windows OS due to the entry it creates in the Run registry key, meaning that you could not disable it and, as a consequence, it will strike again and lock those decrypted files. Read more »

Network Security Breach Tech Support Scam

Posted by on October 18, 2017 No comments
Network Security Breach Tech Support Scam

Cybersecurity experts at Anti-spyware-101.com have recently tested a scam program known as Network Security Breach Tech Support Scam that locks your computer’s screen and says that your Windows product key has expired or has been corrupted. It promotes a fake Microsoft tech support phone number that might try to sell you a fake Windows activation key. To use your PC again, you have to remove this scam program, and you need not to call the fake techies to do that. In this article, you will find out everything you need to know about this malware. Read more »

Search.myonlinecalendar.co

Posted by on October 12, 2017 No comments
Search.myonlinecalendar.co

Search.myonlinecalendar.co is a search tool that places a toolbar just below the browser’s address bar. The additional search box and the links to possibly user’s favorite sites might make the application look rather useful. However, our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com wish to warn users the software might be suspicious and potentially dangerous even if it does not look like it at first. As you continue reading the text, we will explain this better, so if you are here to learn more about Search.myonlinecalendar.co we encourage you to invest a couple of your minutes and review the rest of our report. Below the last paragraph users can find deletion instructions too; hopefully, they will guide users who wish to get rid of this suspicious application manually through this process. Read more »

Search.hclassifiedseasy.com

Posted by on October 12, 2017 No comments
Search.hclassifiedseasy.com

Search.hclassifiedseasy.com is a highly malicious search engine that can replace your browser’s homepage address without your knowledge or consent as it is distributed through bundled software installers. Our cyber security experts have classified it as a browser hijacker as recommend that you remove it from your browser as soon as the opportunity arises. If you use it as a regular search engine, be warned that its search results can contain misleading promoted links that can jeopardize your computer’s security. Also, it can collect anonymous information about you to present you with personalized search results and targeted promotional links. To find out more about this hijacker, read the information presented below. Read more »

Setli

Posted by on October 11, 2017 No comments
Setli

It has been revealed that Setli is more than a DNS settings manager that claims to allow you to access restricted content and protects your online privacy. Research has revealed that it has been configured to collect information about you, so it is recommended that you remove it because its ads are annoying and invasive. On top of that, some of them may subject you to malicious content, so you should not take that risk. As an adware, type program it is considered malware, so you ought to get rid of it as soon as possible, but if you want to learn more about it, please see the information presented below. Read more »

Keylogger.Revealer

Posted by on October 11, 2017 No comments

Originally, Keylogger.Revealer is a free monitoring tool developed by Logifox. It can be downloaded from https://www.logixoft.com/en-us/index by anyone. It is not harmful until cyber criminals modify it and use it for malicious purposes. Unfortunately, as specialists at anti-spyware-101.com have observed, more and more cyber criminals discover this piece of software and use it to spy on users. It is not so easy to find out about the presence of Keylogger.Revealer on the system because this keylogger does not open any window. Instead, it works silently in the background. Consequently, it takes time to detect it. We know one trick that will help you to detect this infection if it has already been uploaded onto the computer by cyber criminals – you should be able to find a new process, e.g., rvlkl.exe in Task Manager. Also, Keylogger.Revealer drops an executable file on the affected machine, but since Keylogger.Revealer is already 9 years old, and cyber criminals have modified it a number of times during this time, the malicious file belonging to this keylogger might be placed in any folder, so you might not even notice it at first. Either way, you cannot keep Keylogger.Revealer active on your PC because its presence can only bring privacy-related problems to you. Read more »

Google Security Warning

Posted by on October 10, 2017 No comments

Fictitious security warnings have been on the rise recently, and one of them is the misleading Google Security Warning. Our Anti-Spyware-101.com research team has recently analyzed this bogus warning, and, unsurprisingly, it was discovered that it is 100% fictitious. It was created by schemers who want nothing more than to scam you. Unfortunately, in this case, it is hard to say exactly what would happen if you called the fictitious helpline number shown in the alert. The schemers answering your call could trick you into doing all kinds of things. For example, they could trick you into sharing personal information that might include full name, credit card information, home address, telephone number, and so on. Since the schemers should pose as “Windows” technicians, you might reveal information about yourself without even suspecting a scam. Unfortunately, that might not be the worst outcome. Please continue reading to learn how dangerous it is to communicate with schemers and if you need to delete Google Security Warning-related infections. Read more »

Blackmist Ransomware

Posted by on October 10, 2017 No comments
Blackmist Ransomware

According to our cybersecurity specialists, Blackmist Ransomware is still in development, but an unfinished version has been reported to have been released. If your PC were to become infected with it, then you ought to remove it without hesitation because there is no free decryption key available. Furthermore, the criminals threaten to delete your files if you do not pay that ransom the criminals ask you to. It can encrypt many of your personal files, block your browser from launching, and so on. For more details, please read this whole article. Read more »

PCProtect

Posted by on October 9, 2017 No comments
PCProtect

If you ever encounter a program that goes by the name of PCProtect, our malware researchers highly recommend avoiding it at all times. During the in-depth analysis of this application, it has been discovered that it exhibits quite a few questionable and invasive features. It can affect your web browser and slow your computer down. Due to that, this application has been categorised as one more potentially unwanted program that should not be active on your personal computer. In this report, we provide further information about the inner workings of this dubious application. Additionally, our research team provides a few virtual security recommendations that will help you maintain a fully secure operating system at all times. Finally, you will also find a comprehensive and easy-to-follow removal guide that you should use to delete PCProtect once and for all. Read more »