ScenicHomepage Toolbar

Posted by on July 3, 2017 No comments
ScenicHomepage Toolbar

If you see that your browser has a spectacular background image upon opening featuring a search website, there is a good chance that ScenicHomepage Toolbar has managed to sneak onto your system. While it is possible to install this tool officially and knowingly, it is more likely that you let it on board without noticing, as part of a package. The bad news is that such a software package may also contain malicious programs that could pose a threat to your system security. Our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com say that this bad toolbar was developed by Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. who are famous for their questionable products, including MyScrapNook Toolbar, Video Scavenger Toolbar, and SafePCRepair Toolbar. We cannot say that these browser extensions are malicious or that they present a direct threat. Yet, it is possible that indirectly they can expose you to questionable third-party content. Therefore, we have labeled it as a potentially unwanted program, or in short, a PUP. We believe that it is not fully safe to have this PUP in your browsers because you cannot trust the search results it may show you. Thus, we suggest that you remove ScenicHomepage Toolbar from your computer. Read more »

Eylamo Ransomware

Posted by on July 3, 2017 No comments
Eylamo Ransomware

Malware analysts at anti-spyware-101.com have recently spotted a new ransomware infection based on HiddenTear. It has been given the name Eylamo Ransomware. Since it is a brand new crypto-threat, it has not infected many computers yet. Of course, the situation may dramatically change soon. Since this threat usually enters users’ computers illegally, it takes time for them to realize that this malicious application is inside their systems. In most cases, they find out about this after discovering a number of files encrypted. The version of Eylamo Ransomware tested by our specialists encrypts files located on Desktop and in the pictures library only; however, if you cannot access more files and they contain a filename extension .lamo, there is no doubt that Eylamo Ransomware is the one that should be blamed for locking them. Ransomware-type infections lock users’ files with the intention of getting money from them, so do not be surprised when you find a .txt file with a ransom note on your Desktop too. Do not pay cyber criminals a cent no matter how badly you need to get your files back because it is unclear whether you will get them unlocked. On most occasions, cyber criminals do not see a point of decrypting files when they already have money in their hands. In some cases, they do not even have the private key that can unlock files, so they cannot give it to users either. Read more »

Search.searchlivesportson.com

Posted by on July 3, 2017 No comments
Search.searchlivesportson.com

If your browser’s homepage has suddenly been changed to Search.searchlivesportson.com, then we want you to know that your browser has been infected with a browser hijacker. Indeed, Search.searchlivesportson.com is not a legitimate search engine, but a hijacker whose objective is to replace your browser’s homepage address. We recommend that you remove it because of the fact that it does that. However, we also want to point out that this hijacker was configured to collect information about you and also show promotional links and ads in its search results. Ads are a big part of this hijacker as they generate ad revenue that pays for maintaining the servers and also fund the creation of new hijackers. Read more »

Search.easyrecipesnow.com

Posted by on July 3, 2017 No comments
Search.easyrecipesnow.com

Search.easyrecipesnow.com is yet another devious browser hijacker that is known to be roaming the web nowadays. If you ever encounter it while surfing the web, make sure to avoid it at all costs as it exhibits intrusive and otherwise devious functionality. Just like any other application of this classification, this one can make invasive and undesirable changes to your web browser's default settings without any warning. In turn that will make surfing the web a much more annoying and frustrating task than you are used to. Unfortunately, that is not the worst thing about this browser hijacker. Upon further analysis, our malware experts have discovered that in some cases it could be the primary reason your operating system might be subjected to potentially harmful web content. To understand how that could happen and how this hijacker works, make sure to read the rest of our article. Below you will also find a detailed removal guide that will help you delete Search.easyrecipesnow.com. Read more »

Movie2k Ads

Posted by on June 30, 2017 No comments
Movie2k Ads

Movie2k Ads are irritating commercial advertisements promoting the video streaming service Movie2k (http://movie2k.io/). Since these ads open the registration form, we suspect that they are distributed to attract more users and increase the number of people using the service. These irritating ads do not come from http://movie2k.io/ directly. Instead, users see pop-up advertisements promoting this service from the domain playcapt.com. There are several possible reasons why you see them open on your screen with Movie2k Ads. First, you keep clicking on an untrustworthy link opening the advertising domain. Second, you visit a website which redirects straight to the playcapt.com advertising domain with Movie2k Ads. Third, you might have an untrustworthy application, most probably an ad-supported program, working on your computer. Adware programs open advertising servers to users automatically so that its developer could get the advertising revenue. Of course, you will get nothing even if you are the one seeing irritating advertisements. Actually, the only thing that these ads can bring is the diminished browsing experience, so removing them from the screen is highly recommended. If you still see them when you close websites you browse and do not open them again, it means that they are, most likely, shown on your screen due to the presence of malware. We will talk about its removal further in this article. Read more »

Traffic-media.co

Posted by on June 30, 2017 No comments
Traffic-media.co

Traffic-media.co is something known as an adware server. If while surfing the web you are seeing an unusual amount of third-party ads powered by Traffic-media.co it could be an indication that a devious program is up and fully running on your operating system. In the majority of cases connectivity to such as a server is initiated by an ad-supported program. It goes without saying that having an application like that active on your PC could have undesirable outcomes since it could make surfing the web a much more annoying and frustrating experience. What is even worse is the fact that some ads or pop-ups coming from this devious server could prove to be rather dangerous as they could subject your operating system to questionable and even malicious web content. To learn more about the potential danger of being in connection with an adware server, read the rest of our report. Below we also present a generic removal guide that will help you delete a program linked to Traffic-media.co in no time at all. Read more »

MoWare H.F.D Ransomware

Posted by on June 30, 2017 No comments
MoWare H.F.D Ransomware

MoWare H.F.D Ransomware was first spotted at the end of May of 2017. This relatively recent ransomware is yet another addition to the Hidden-Tear ransomware family. It was designed to encrypt your files but it does not work for some reason and, in fact, many ransomware infections that belong to this family often do not work for one reason or another. Of course, you should remove MoWare H.F.D Ransomware before its server comes back online and it receives instructions to encrypt your files. For more information, please continue reading. Read more »

Cry36 Ransomware

Posted by on June 29, 2017 No comments

The Cry36 ransomware is an infection that locks you out of your system and keeps your files hostage until you pay the ransom. The sad truth is that after paying the money required the encrypted files are very likely to remain inaccessible. The Cry36 ransomware should be treated as a serious security issue, so we encourage you to take action to remove it from the computer.

The Cry36 ransomware is part of a ransomware family that also includes similar infections dubbed Cry9, Cry128, Dharma, and Crypton, also known as Nemisis. All these Trojan horses have similar characteristics; however, each of them is unique at the same time because there are some distinctive features. One of them is that the Cry36 ransomware makes encrypted files bigger in size compared to their original copies. Research on the ransomware has revealed that the infection increases the size of the affected files by 36 bytes. Alongside this characteristic, there are several more, and interested readers are encouraged to continue reading to get the view of how this nasty piece of malware works. Read more »

Webdown-loader.com

Posted by on June 29, 2017 No comments
Webdown-loader.com

Webdown-loader.com does not have any Privacy Policy, End User License, or Terms of Use documents, so we would advise you to be careful with this search tool. Especially, when it is categorized as a browser hijacker. Moreover, the research shows it could be distributed through malicious pop-up ads shown by other threats, and it could introduce users to potentially harmful third-party advertisements. Therefore, we do not think any user who cares about the computer’s safety would like to keep such a suspicious tool in his system. If you do not plan on taking any chances with Webdown-loader.com either, we encourage you to have a look at the removal instructions added at the end of the text. Also, in order to get to know this threat a little better, we advise reading the rest of the article as well. Read more »

Windows Health Is Critical FAKE Tech Support popup

Posted by on June 29, 2017 No comments
Windows Health Is Critical FAKE Tech Support popup

Windows Health Is Critical FAKE Tech Support popup is one more fake alert that acts in an extremely invasive manner. If you have encountered it, you must take immediate action to remove the program responsible for it. This is crucial since due to the fake error message, you will not be able to use your computer the way you are used to. Also, this alert could lead to other serious virtual security problems. To have a better understanding of how it works, in this article we provide detailed information regarding the intricate inner workings behind it. Alongside such information, we also present virtual security tips that will help you maintain a fully secure operating system at all times. Finally, below we provide an in-depth removal guide that will allow you to delete a malicious program responsible for prompting the Windows Health Is Critical FAKE Tech Support popup fake alert. Read more »