Pro Pc Cleaner is a newly found PC optimizer/cleaner that was allegedly designed to fix various issues on your computer and make it run better and faster. However, after testing it, our cybersecurity experts have concluded that it is mostly useless as it was configured to show fake security alerts about your system. If you uninstall this program from Control Panel, it will leave junk files behind. Therefore, security experts have classified it as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and suggest that you remove it. This program is not malicious, but it is next to useless, and you should not pay money for it. For more details on this application, please read this article as it contains the most relevant information available. Read more »
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Webshield Enter Product Key Tech Support Scam
Posted by Sarah Stewart
on October 3, 2017
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Webshield Enter Product Key Tech Support Scam is a new fake alert that can lock your computer’s screen and deny you access you your desktop entirely. It masquerades as some sort of computer security program called WebShield that is a program in name only. While the name and logo might be convincing, the reality is that it is nothing more than a scam. Webshield Enter Product Key Tech Support Scam promotes a fake customer support phone number that you should not call because the people at the other end of the line might try to sell you useless services. This scam can be distributed using bundled software, so you ought to remove it at your earliest convenience. To find out more about this scam, please read this whole description. Read more »
NewNoteCenter Toolbar
Posted by Sarah Stewart
on October 2, 2017
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NewNoteCenter Toolbar is a useless and potentially risky browser extension that offers you to "quickly take notes and create task lists"; however, since this tool was created by the infamous Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc., you should not have your hopes high. Our malware experts at anti-spyware-101.com say that this browser extension is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) just like any of its predecessors, including AtoZManuals Toolbar and FileConvertOnline Toolbar. This team has been a very productive one and has created dozens of useless tools that can pose a threat to your system security. This PUP changes your browser settings to install its featured search website containing its toolbar as your new home page and new tab page. This tool does not seem to change the default search engine setting. Still, it can expose you to questionable content any time you open your main browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer, or when you open a new tab. This PUP promotes a potentially unreliable search engine that may present to you modified search results containing questionable third-party ads and links. Therefore, we suggest that you remove NewNoteCenter Toolbar from your browsers even if you may think that taking notes and creating lists could be a useful thing. Read more »
Mobisearch.co
Posted by Sarah Stewart
on October 2, 2017
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Mobisearch.co, as its name suggests, is a search engine that is mainly developed for mobile phones; however, it has caught our malware experts' attention since it may not be as innocent as it looks at first sight. In fact, this search engine is an identical clone of Search.myportal.us and Websrch.net, which have also emerged recently on the web. Since the developer company, Airfind Corp, claims to be a content monetizer, you can imagine that this search engine was not designed with the goal of providing you the best and most relevant search results in the quickest possible way, but, instead, the main purpose is to serve advertisers and other mobile-related companies to provide promotional surface. This is why any third-party content coming from this search engine might be risky to click on. By using this search engine, you could be exposed to questionable third-party advertisements and modified search results that can pose a threat to your virtual security. This is why we recommend that you remove Mobisearch.co from your computer or mobile device as soon as possible. Read more »
Macbright
Posted by Sarah Stewart
on September 29, 2017
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Have you recently started seeing more advertisements than usual? If you have, is it possible that an advertising-supported program called Macbright is active on your Mac operating system? If it has been dropped onto your system without your permission, you might not know that it exists. Since identifying malware can be difficult, it is our strong recommendation that you install a malware scanner you can trust. This tool will quickly examine the operating system and the files and software found on it. If you are informed that you need to delete Macbright, the chances are that you will be introduced to other unfamiliar and unwanted programs that also require removal. That is because this suspicious adware does not seem to spread on its own, and it is most likely that it is spread via software bundles carrying a bunch of different programs together. Hopefully, the threats found on your PC are not dangerous or complicated, and you can get rid of them all by yourself. Read more »
Netfindersearch.com
Posted by Sarah Stewart
on September 29, 2017
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Netfindersearch.com is a generic browser hijacker that was created to promote third-party content and generate a financial profit. Browser hijackers are really common promotion tools that we encounter almost every single day. Users often think that they are extremely dangerous infections, but the truth is that you can easily remove Netfindersearch.com and other similar intruders as long as you do not panic. Of course, you can always remove the unwanted programs automatically with a licensed antispyware tool. At the same time, a computer security tool of your choice would help you protect your system from similar intruders in the future. Read more »
Searchbox.xyz
Posted by Sarah Stewart
on September 28, 2017
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Searchbox.xyz is a potentially risky search engine that could present to you unreliable search results and third-party advertisements; however, our malware experts at anti-spyware-101.com say that this search engine does not appear to be working right now. Of course, this does not make it less of a danger since you can never know when the authors decide to go live. If you keep this search engine in your browsers, chances are one day you may use it and end up on a search results page that could be filled with questionable third-party ads and infected links that could drop malicious infections onto your PC or redirect you to malicious websites run by cyber criminals. This is also how you can become the next online scam victim, which can end very badly for you, for example, you may lose money from your bank account or your personal details could be stolen from you to commit online fraud. You should never trust an application or a search engine that has such potentials even if it does not appear to function momentarily. We recommend that you remove Searchbox.xyz from your computer and search for other threats as well because finding this search engine in your browsers may also indicate that malicious programs can be hiding on your system. Read more »
RedBoot Ransomware
Posted by Sarah Stewart
on September 27, 2017
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It appears to be RedBoot Ransomware is a malicious file-encrypting program that, besides enciphering your data, can also damage the computer’s system or to be more precise a file called Master Boot Record, which is necessary in order to boot the PC’s operating system. Naturally, without the ability to load the operating system, the computer becomes of no use as you will not be able to perform any tasks with it. However, if you have your Windows boot CD, DVD, or recovery USB, there is a chance the Master Boot Record can be fixed. We will guide users through the fixing process with the instructions available below the article. Also, we would like to stress that if you succeed and the PC can boot again, you should get rid of RedBoot Ransomware immediately. It will not recover enciphered data, but there is no use in keeping it either. Plus, leaving the malicious program unattended could still be dangerous. Users can erase the infection manually while following the rest of our presented instructions or with a legitimate antimalware tool. Read more »
'.dian File Extension' Ransomware
Posted by Sarah Stewart
on September 27, 2017
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If you have found your files marked with .dian and could no longer open any of them, there is no doubt that '.dian File Extension' Ransomware, a nasty malicious application, has entered your computer and made modifications on it so that it could obtain money from you. This infection encrypts all popular formats of pictures, documents, and other files users usually consider the most valuable, so you will soon find out about the successful entrance of this ransomware infection if it ever shows up on your computer. Are you reading this article because you have already detected it on your system? If the answer to this question is “yes”, you should not worry about those encrypted files now because the first thing you must do is to delete the ransomware infection from your system as soon as possible. You cannot keep its components on your system because you might accidentally launch this infection again and get even more files encrypted. Theoretically, it might be possible to unlock those files with the special decryption tool cyber criminals claim to have, but, of course, this tool will not be given to you for free. Actually, you might not get it even if you transfer the required money to cyber criminals, which explains why we do not recommend sending money to malicious software developers. We cannot promise that you could unlock your files, but we are sure that it might be possible to restore them without the decryptor – we will tell you more about that in the paragraphs that follow. Read more »
Aptitudemedia.co
Posted by Sarah Stewart
on September 26, 2017
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Aptitudemedia.co is an adware server, and it is not a malicious computer infection. The server can be used by adware programs and other applications that promote commercial content. Getting exposed to this domain does not automatically mean that you will be infected with malware. However, you may encounter particular security issues that you should not overlook. Hence, you should take all the precaution measures to avoid the negative consequences that may occur when you get redirected to Aptitudemedia.co. For more information on how to deal with these redirections, please scroll down to the bottom of this description. Read more »
