Anti-spyware 101

Crystal Ransomware is a harmful malicious application whose entrance brings many problems to users. The main problem is the loss of personal data. It will not leave a single image, document, video, or another important file intact if it ever successfully enters your system. We have to admit that this infection is not finished yet and currently encrypts files only in its author’s testing environment, but there is a huge possibility that it will be updated one day and, if this happens, it might show up on unprotected systems. You might be reading this article because you are a curious person, but we believe that some readers of this article have already encountered this infection. Those poor users must delete this ransomware infection as soon as possible. The version malware researchers working at anti-spyware-101.com have analyzed, i.e. the one that does not encrypt files, does not leave any ransom note for victims. In other words, it does not demand money, but we cannot promise that Crystal Ransomware will not want your money either if you encounter its new version. In any event, you must uninstall the ransomware infection from your system. You cannot do anything about its presence because this infection creates a point of execution, allowing it to launch automatically with the Windows OS, on a compromised machine. In other words, it will be active on your PC and might perform various undesirable activities. Read more »

Locked By a.k Hacker Ransomware is one more devious program that you must avoid at all times. It is imperative to do so, due to the potentially aggressive functionality of this malware. Like a lot of its contemporary counterparts, this devious program might be able to encrypt vast amounts of data on the affected computer without any warning or authorization. It should be quite obvious that having such intrusive application up and running on your PC could have devastating outcomes. In our report, we provide detailed information regarding the overall functionality of this ransomware program. Likewise, we provide a few virtual security recommendations that will help you maintain a fully secure operating system at all times. Finally, below we provide a detailed removal guide to help you delete Locked By a.k Hacker Ransomware if it is ever found up and running on your personal computer. Read more »

Blocking Ransomware is a new malicious application seeking to extract money from computer users. Although it has been detected by specialists at anti-spyware-101.com only recently and is considered a new threat, it is, technically, not completely new because it is a variant of BTCWare Ransomware. That is, it is based on its engine. Because of this, specialists have quickly found out how it acts on compromised machines. They say that Blocking Ransomware is another threat trying to obtain money from people. Cyber criminals who develop such malicious applications know well that users are not going to give them their money easily, so they create threats that encrypt files upon arrival to give them the reason to pay money. Unfortunately, ransomware infections encrypt files using strong encryption algorithms, so it is not always possible to unlock files without the special key. Of course, we do not try to say here that you should go to purchase a decryptor from cyber criminals. Instead, we recommend, first and foremost, getting rid of the ransomware infection so that it could not lock more files. The removal of the ransomware infection will be explained in the final paragraph, but we want you to understand how it acts first. Read more »