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AtoZManuals Toolbar

Posted by on September 26, 2017 No comments
AtoZManuals Toolbar

AtoZManuals Toolbar is a browser extension that, supposedly, offers you access to thousands of PDF manuals to various gadgets, and software. While it may provide you with the manuals, you should also know that it will replace your browser’s homepage with its promoted search engine. Furthermore, both this extension and that search engine will collect information about you and show commercial advertisements. While ads are not a problem by themselves, we are concerned that some of them can be malicious and potentially jeopardize your computer’s security. Therefore, we recommend that you remove this application from your PC/browser as soon as possible. Read more »

Mystic Ransomware

Posted by on September 25, 2017 No comments
Mystic Ransomware

Mystic Ransomware is truly mystic, in a sense that it appears to have traveled from the past. The ransom note appears to have been created a long time ago because the conversion rates between Bitcoins and US Dollars are not accurate at all. Furthermore, the infection does not add a unique extension to the names of files that it encrypts, which makes it very difficult to figure out which files were corrupted and which ones were spared. It is unclear why this ransomware does that because most threats that come from this group make it very obvious which files were encrypted. InfinityLock Ransomware and Paradise Ransomware are two recent threats that our Anti-Spyware-101.com research team has analyzed, and both of them use unique extensions. Overall, although this ransomware is quite mysterious, we have enough information to help you understand it better. If you are only interested in removing Paradise Ransomware, you will find the instructions below, but we advise reading this report first. Read more »

Click-cpa.net Ad

Posted by on September 25, 2017 No comments

You might not pay a lot of attention to Click-cpa.net Ad at first because it will appear as a link on a pop-up that jumps into your screen when you open some website. However, if you see that you are being redirected to Click-cpa.net, there is a very good chance that you have a number of potential threats on your system. This domain is not an infection itself. It is an adware server that will be used by various programs to promote commercial content. This kind of activity is very annoying and potentially harmful because you can always be exposed to the potentially harmful content. Read more »

Un-stop Adware

Posted by on September 19, 2017 No comments
Un-stop Adware

Un-stop Adware is, as its name suggests, an ad-supported application; however, it does have a main function, which is supposed to give users access to blocked websites. This could be a great tool for those whose country does not allow access to certain websites. The problem is that our malware researchers at anti-spyware-101.com have classified this threat source as an adware program because it can use proxy servers to show you all kinds of questionable third-party ads. If you have noticed an increasing number of commercials in your browsers while surfing the web, this adware could be the reason behind it. It seems that this adware program mainly targets the US but do not be surprised to get infected with it if you are anywhere else in the world. This malware infection can infiltrate your system without your knowledge and start gathering information about you in order to display relevant advertisements for you. Since you may click on unreliable third-party content generated by this threat, we believe that it is important that you act now and remove Un-stop Adware from your PC. Before we tell you how you can do that, let us share some details about this infection so that you may be able to defend your system against similar threats in the future. Read more »

Search.instantnewsnow.co

Posted by on September 19, 2017 No comments
Search.instantnewsnow.co

Search.instantnewsnow.co is the latest browser hijacker from Polarity Technologies Ltd. It works as a regular search engine, but its developers distribute in a way that is set to change your browser’s homepage address without your knowledge or consent. Furthermore, this hijacker might feature promoted links in its search results, and the problem here is that some of those links can redirect you to questionable websites. Therefore, it is highly unreliable, and we recommend that you remove it from your browser to avoid visiting the shady sites. Read more »

Websrch.net

Posted by on September 19, 2017 No comments
Websrch.net

Websrch.net is a search engine that can be used by third-party applications to collect information on your web browsing habits. The program itself is not active on the Internet yet, but it could be employed later on by various freeware applications.

If eventually, you find that your browser’s settings were modified by Websrch.net, you should remove all the potentially harmful programs from your computer and reset your browser’s settings to default. The best way to determine how many unwanted programs you have is to scan your PC with a licensed antispyware tool and then delete all the potential threats automatically. Read more »

Yoga Search

Posted by on September 18, 2017 No comments

Yoga Search is not an application that should not be active on your operating system. That is so because it happens to be yet another potentially unwanted program. Such classification has been made by malware experts at Anti-Spyware-101.com because of this application functions in a suspicious and intrusive manner. It can easily alter your web browser's default settings without any notification or authorization. Due to this program, surfing the web can become a much more annoying and frustrating experience, to put it lightly. What is more concerning is the fact that this program could prove to be rather dangerous as well since it could expose your operating system to devious web content. To find out more about the devious inner workings of this potentially unwanted program, make sure to read the rest of our report. To help you delete Yoga Search, we also present a detailed removal guide below our article. Read more »

Search.hinstantnewsnow.co

Posted by on September 18, 2017 No comments

Have you encountered a hijacker called Search.hinstantnewsnow.co? If you have, it is most likely that you have downloaded an extension called “Instant News Now.” This extension was set up by Polarity Technologies Ltd. to introduce users to a hijacker. Our research team at Anti-Spyware-101.com informs that there are several different variants of the hijacker that can be introduced to users via this add-on, including the one we are discussing in this report, as well as Search.instantnewsnow.co and Home.instantnewsnow.co. These hijackers are not trustworthy, and we advise deleting them from your browsers immediately. According to our research, they are most likely to affect those users who are using Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer browsers. Whether or not you have encountered this threat already, we recommend reading this report to learn all about it. At the end of this report, you will also find a guide that shows how to remove Search.hinstantnewsnow.co from all browsers. Read more »

Indiasearch-results.com

Posted by on September 15, 2017 No comments
Indiasearch-results.com

Indiasearch-results.com, according to Anti-Spyware-101.com research, is a browser hijacker that could potentially corrupt such browsers as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Internet Explorer. The interface of this hijacker might remind you of a regular search engine, but it does not function like one; at least, not at this moment. Right now, if you enter keywords into the provided search engine, you are routed to a page that shows this message: “We apologize for the inconvenience, but we weren't able to find results for this query.” It does not matter which keywords you enter; the search tool simply does not work. Of course, if it did, we would not recommend trusting it anyway. So, whether you installed this hijacker yourself or it corrupted your browser without your permission, we recommend deleting it without hesitation. Continue reading to learn more and find a guide that shows how to remove Indiasearch-results.com manually. Read more »

Rargenie Adware

Posted by on September 15, 2017 No comments

Allegedly, Rargenie Adware is a free archiver for Mac OS X. Of course, its official name does not include the word “adware” but since it has been classified as such, “adware” is used to identify it as an ad-supported application that does more to advertise than to provide other features. Therefore, we recommend that you remove this application from your Mac as soon as the opportunity arises because its ads are not only annoying but can promote malicious content. Please read this whole article to find out more about it. Read more »