The trademark of Microsoft has again been misused by schemers to trick users with a fake alert into thinking that the Microsoft System Security Alert is a legitimate notification. If your browser shows you a full-screen browser window containing a warning in a red background, you are dealing with another scam aimed at making you call a toll-free number. The Microsoft System Security Alert fake alert should be ignored, and closed if possible, because it is another example of social engineering. The attackers seeks to manipulate users into taking action to solve the issue presented in the warning providing misleading information. It is essential to ignore the instructions given in the fake alert, because this bogus security notification has been created to obtain from you any benefit possible. Read more »
Team Anonymous Brazil Ransomware
There is one particular threat you need to be very careful about if you live in Brazil and use Windows, and it is called Team Anonymous Brazil Ransomware. Anti-Spyware-101.com experts have recently analyzed this infection in the internal lab, and it was found that a password capable of restoring files exists and is available for free. If you want to apply it right away, follow the removal instructions available below. If you want to learn more about the infection, we strongly recommend that you continue reading this report. You will find information about the proliferation of this infection, and you will learn all about its activity. It is also important that you read this report so that you would gain more knowledge, and, hopefully, use it to protect yourself against malware in the future. Note that there are hundreds of ransomware threats out there – including BlackRuby Ransomware or dream_dealer@aol.com Ransomware – and so you need to think about the future as well. Right now, of course, you need to focus on deleting Team Anonymous Brazil Ransomware. Read more »
'YouTube Reward Center' Pop-Up
If you see a 'YouTube Reward Center' Pop-Up while browsing, it is quite possible that your PC has been compromised and malware infections has slithered on. Our malware experts at anti-spyware-101.com say that this is a new fake alert that may scam you by making you believe that you can get a "must-have" product like an iPhone X for $1 or even as a present when you buy something else. The malicious program responsible for this fake alert can also extract personal information from victims, which can be used, for example, to customize these fake alerts depending on your location and your browser. In other words, these fake alerts are indeed randomly generated fake pop-up links that can be different for users in different parts of the world. We recommend that you remove 'YouTube Reward Center' Pop-Up immediately, before you may end up on a malicious site or infect your computer with further threats. Read more »
Google Survey Scam
Google Survey Scam redirects the user to web pages showing fictitious surveys, lotteries, and so on. Thus, coming across this threat might put your privacy at risk. The problem is that the fake alerts could offer various rewards and so convince users into submitting their personal information. Needless to say, in reality, you will not get any rewards. On the contrary, if the cyber criminals behind this scam obtain sensitive data they could attempt to scam you. For this reason, our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com highly recommend not to submit any information or answer any questions on notifications displayed by Google Survey Scam. Instead, we advise users to close the fake alert immediately and then reset the browser. If you do not know how to get rid of the threat’s shown alerts or reset the browser, you should take a look at the instructions we will add below this article. Read more »
Firefox Defender Addon
A research team at Anti-Spyware-101.com have discovered one more fake alert, which you should be aware of at all times. It goes by the name of Firefox Defender Addon. This devious warning message, like its counterparts, is designed by cyber crooks to help them make illegal profits from unsuspecting Internet users using secure techniques. It is critical to note that this hoax warning could be prompt by a suspicious third-party application. In other situations, you could end up on a site that hosts this intrusive alert via a redirection. If you want to find out more about the inner workings of this error message, be sure to read our report in its entirety. Also, we include virtual security recommendations that will help you maintain a clean and safe operating system. Furthermore, you will find a generic removal guide that will help you delete a program related to Firefox Defender Addon without encountering any major problems. Read more »
Gl-search.com
Gl-search.com might seem like a normal and even beneficial search engine, but Anti-Spyware-101.com research team reminds that the looks are often deceptive, and that is very true for programs, apps, extensions, and other kinds of tools, including search engines. As you might know already, deceptive disguises are often used by malware, and so you need to be cautious. So, is the search engine hiding something much more dangerous and malicious? Although a malicious infection is not hidden behind this search tool, it works in a very suspicious manner, which is why our research team has decided to take a better look at it. The conclusion that is it is best to delete Gl-search.com, and you can learn all about this by reading the report. We have to warn you that there is a great possibility that the search tool – which we identify as a browser hijacker – might have slithered into your operating system along with dangerous malware. Therefore, before you jump to the removal guide, scan your operating system to check if maybe you need to worry about something much bigger and more dangerous. Read more »
Home.myflightapp.com
Keeping all travelling-related links at hand may be useful if you look for new destinations on a regular basis. Home.myflightapp.com a search engines aimed at helping you book and track flights; however, this search engine is categorized as a browser hijacker by some malware researchers, who recommend removing it from the browser. The search engine is spread and set as the homepage of the browser by a browser extension named My Flight App, which is compatible with the Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer browsers. Some researchers categorize the browser extension as a potentially unwanted program (PUP).
If you do not remember installing this application or being asked to approve its installation, it is likely that you either ignored the installation process or have had the browsers hijacked surreptitiously. In any case, we suggest that you remove Home.myflightapp.com from your browsers. Read more »
BlackRuby Ransomware
Having a ransomware application active on your operating system could have disastrous outcomes, to put it lightly. Malware experts working at our internal labs have discovered yet another malware of this classification, which goes by the name of BlackRuby Ransomware. If you ever come across it while browsing the web, be sure to stay away from it at all times. Doing so is paramount because this invasive program acts in an incredibly malicious manner. Like any other ransomware application, it can easily encrypt a massive number of files on the affected computer. If that was not enough, you should know that there is more to this invasive piece of software than you might think. For further information about the inner workings of this malware, read our article entirely. Additionally, we present a few virtual security recommendations along with a detailed removal guide that you should use to delete BlackRuby Ransomware once and for all. Read more »
Error 268D3-XC00037 Scam
Error 268D3-XC00037 Scam is a new threat that can fool unsuspecting computer users into calling a telephone number in hope of technical support. However, it is more likely that you will be scammed to purchase a useless security tool or service than real technical support. This is indeed a fake alert, very similar to other previous ones, including "Windows Health Is Critical FAKE Tech Support popup," "Chrome Security Warning Scam," and "'Bad Rabbit Attack' Scam." These are also called technical support scams because they pretend to provide you tech support if you call the given telephone number. But, as we have said, such an attack is always about selling you a low-quality program or service, which you do not even need. What you really need is that you remove Error 268D3-XC00037 Scam from your computer as soon as possible along with all other possible threats. Read more »
dream_dealer@aol.com Ransomware
If your operating system was hit by dream_dealer@aol.com Ransomware, you should be able to see the “.dream” extension attached to your personal files. What does that mean? That means that these files were corrupted by the ransomware. The new extension is used solely for the purpose of marking the files, and there is no way for you to open them. At the time of research, no program or tool could be used to open or decrypt the files corrupted by this ransomware, which, by the way, is one of the several known versions of the infamous Globeimposter Ransomware. It is most likely that the threat has invaded your system because you carelessly opened a corrupted spam email attachment, but that is not the only method of distribution used by attackers. Other malware and software bundles could be used as well. Needless to say, the entrance of this malware is silent. If it weren’t, you would immediately recognize the infection and delete its launcher. Unfortunately, it is most likely that you will realize that you need to remove dream_dealer@aol.com Ransomware only after it shows you the ransom note, and, by this point, your personal files will already be encrypted. Read more »
