Anti-spyware 101

Our malware researchers have received information about a ransomware-type program called CryptoDevil Ransomware. They got their hands on a sample and tested it. Their research has shown that it is a typical ransomware-type program that can encrypt your files, so you ought to remove it. Researchers have obtained a key that should decrypt your files, but it is not guaranteed to work because this ransomware can have several versions and is known to be frequently updated. To find out more about this particular ransomware, please read this whole article as it contains the most relevant information currently available. Read more »

If your PC does not have an anti-malware program installed on it, then it can be vulnerable to the likes of Roshalock Ransomware, a highly malicious program that can put your personal files in file archives protected by a password and then demand that you pay money for it. Yes, this program wants to extract money from you, and you should not comply because there is no evidence that the people that created this program actually send the password. Therefore, we suggest that you remove this program instead of paying the ransom which can vary in amount. To find out more about this ransomware, we invite you to read this whole article. Read more »

Hahaha Ransomware has the opposite effect as its name would suggest because once it penetrates your system, it is most likely you will lose most of your personal files in this malicious attack as this infection encrypts them all. Laughter is probably the last of the reactions you would express when you realize that you have no recent backup saved on a removable hard disk. If this is your case, you may really believe that the only choice for you to be able to restore your encrypted files is to pay the rather high ransom fee. Unfortunately, our malware specialists do not recommend this for you as experience shows that there is little chance that you would get the decryption key needed for you to decrypt your files. We have found that this ransomware threat is another variation of CryptoWire Ransomware, which is an "educational" ransomware released and available to the public. Even if it means the loss of your files in the end, we advise you to remove Hahaha Ransomware immediately. Read more »

Winvmx Client is a Trojan infection that may have several functions, and the way it affects your system may differ according to what the criminals behind it want it to do. Nevertheless, the application falls into dangerous computer threat category, and it should not be taken lightly. All the more so that it is sometimes hard to determine how or when the infection enter your computer. Needless to say, it is for the best to remove Winvmx Client automatically if an antispyware tool, but just in case you want to try out removing it on your own, we have added the manual removal instructions below this description, too. Read more »

Users who discover Dataup installed on their computers should be aware of the fact that they have a Trojan infection inside their systems. There is not much information about what its main goal is, but, according to specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com, it might be one of these computer infections created to steal information from computer users. As a consequence, users should not even consider keeping Dataup installed. Luckily, all files of this undesirable application are located in one folder it creates in %PROGRAMFILES% or %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%, depending on the system architecture, so its removal should not be a challenge for the majority of users who have manually erased any kind of program before. Of course, we will not leave you alone in this. The last paragraph of this report contains more detailed information about the removal process, and there is our manual removal guide located below this article. This should be enough to help you erase this Trojan from the computer. Read more »

Karmen Ransomware is a threat that enciphers particular files located on the infected computer and marks them by adding the .grt extension, for example, picture.jpg.grt. The sample our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com tested encrypted only documents, yet it was determined the malware should be able to encipher photographs, pictures, or other personal files too. According to the infection’s ransom note users can get this data back as soon as they pay an estimated amount of Bitcoins. Of course, we would advise you not to trust the words of the malicious application’s creators. Clearly, their only goal is to collect money from users at any cost, so it would not seem too surprising if the files would not get decrypted as easily and quickly as it is promised. Thus, we advise you not to gamble with your money, but concentrate on how to clean the system; to assist you with Karmen Ransomware’s removal we placed manual deletion instructions at the end of this report. Read more »

There is no doubt that Kirk Ransomware is a malicious infection, and protecting your operating system against it should be your biggest priority right now. Anti-Spyware-101.com malware analysts encourage installing up-to-date security software right away because the creator of this malicious infection could use different security backdoors to drop it onto your PC. Has your operating system been infected by this malware already? If it has, your personal files and some software files must have been encrypted, and the “.kirked” extension must have been added. If that is the situation you are dealing with right now, there is much to learn, but little to do. We wish we could say that there is a way to decrypt your personal files, but the reality is that this might be impossible. At the moment, it is believed that the malicious threat is aimed at big companies, but it is possible that regular users will let this infection into their operating systems as well. Whichever the case might be, continue reading to learn what to do and how to delete Kirk Ransomware. Read more »