Anti-spyware 101

Novo Optimizer Gpu Miner is a suspicious program that can drain your GPU power and cause major performance setbacks as a side effect of its covert operation on your system. Our malware specialists have classified this program as a Trojan as it sneaks onto your PC without your knowledge and operates totally behind your back while not having any beneficial features for you at all. As a matter of fact, this Trojan is used by questionable parties as a source of cryptocurrency income by doing mining for digital currencies. Since this process requires serious GPU power, you will definitely notice the difference, although you may not realize exactly what causes the setback in PC performance. This is rather annoying and also could fry your video card in extreme situations. We advise you to remove Novo Optimizer Gpu Miner from your computer along with all other threats that may be hiding on your system. Read more »

OhNo Ransomware is a very suspicious infection that, at the moment, does not seem to fulfill its potential. In the future, this threat could become a serious file-encrypting threat, but, at the moment, the worst it can do is show a notification demanding a ransom in return of the so-called “Unique Key” that, supposedly, is the only thing that can get your files decrypted. If your files are encrypted, unfortunately, this key might be the only thing that could save them; however, you need to keep in mind that it is held hostage by cyber criminals, and they are unlikely to keep their promises even if you follow their demands. At the time of research, they demanded a ransom of 2 XMR/Monero. Monero is a crypto-currency similar to Bitcoin, a currency used by most ransomware creators. In the past, we have seen at least one other file-encryptor to use Monero, and it was called “Kirk Ransomware.” Needless to say, both of these threats deserve removal, but in this report, we focus on showing you how to delete OhNo Ransomware. Of course, our Anti-Spyware-101.com research team also reveals interesting information about this threat. Read more »

It looks like MindSystem Ransomware might be an educational ransomware, but just like other file-encrypting programs created to demonstrate how such malware works, it may fall into cyber criminals’ hands. Thus, the chances are it could be later modified and distributed for money extortion. This is why we believe it might be useful to get to know MindSystem Ransomware better. If you read our report, you will learn not only about the malicious program’s working manner but also how it could be erased if it manages to settle in. In such case, we highly recommend using our removal steps located below the text since the threat may disable a lot of computer’s tools, and it could be too difficult to restore them alone without any guidance. Read more »

Haze Ransomware is a screen-locker that poses as a file-encrypting infection. Although the notification that this threat displays suggests that your files were encrypted, that is unlikely to be the truth. Of course, by the time you are reading this report, the ransomware might have become capable of encrypting data, but that was not the case when our Anti-Spyware-101.com research team was analyzing this threat. We conclude that the infection presents bogus information to trick you into paying 25 Euros. You will not achieve anything by doing that, and so we do not recommend it. What we recommend doing instead is deleting Haze Ransomware. Although it appears that this infection locks the screen to prevent you from accessing your operating system and doing anything – including the removal of malware – unlocking the screen and then cleaning the operating system from malicious threats might be easy. If you are confused, read this report before you jump to the guide below. Also, note that you can add questions for our research team in the comments box below. Read more »