Anti-spyware 101

BitPyLock Ransomware is a malicious application that can sneak in and out without you noticing anything. It should reveal its presence only after encrypting your files with a robust encryption algorithm. By the time the encryption process is over, all locations containing affected files should contain an HTML file with instructions on how to pay a ransom. In exchange, hackers should offer their decryption tools. The scariest part is that the note might say that it is impossible to restore files from backup because the malware erased it. However, this might be untrue. We explain more about this malicious application further in this article, and if you want to learn how you could erase BitPyLock Ransomware too, you should check the removal instructions available below. Read more »

The hackers behind 5ss5c Ransomware seem to be greedy as they may ask their victims to pay 1 BTC in exchange for decryption tools. As you see, the malware’s victims might need such tools to decrypt files locked by the malicious application. The message, which explains how to get in touch with the hackers and what a user needs to to exactly, gets displayed right after the threat enciphers all targeted files. As usual, data that gets encrypted ought to be personal, while files that belong to the system should be left alone. Thus, it is safe to say that receiving this malicious application might cause you lots of damage if you have irreplaceable files on your device. However, we advise not to panic and to read the rest of our article to learn how it works and how to eliminate 5ss5c Ransomware. Read more »

Bitsran is a malicious infection that doesn’t work alone. We have to understand that such Trojans are often just malware components that tell us about an onset of a far more dangerous infection. As far as we know, this Trojan component is part of the Hermes Ransomware infection, and it might be the first step in this entire attack. It is essential to detect and remove Bitsran before it manages to launch the file-encrypting infection. Although it is possible to do that manually, we would strongly recommend using an automated antispyware tool that would help you terminate all the malware components automatically. Read more »

Dudell is a malware component that allows cyber crooks to infect multiple systems all over the world. Whenever we deal with such infections, we have to understand that they often work in tandem with several other threats. Dudell is categorized as a Trojan infection, and so it means that users probably do not realize they have been infected with it until it is a bit too late to do anything about it.

Hence, prevention is extremely important when it comes to such infections. If you want to remove Dudell, you have to perform regular system scans with reliable antispyware tools, so that you would locate and terminate this infection immediately. Read more »

While we usually talk about one specific infection, Anchor happens to be a group of Trojan infections that target multiple systems worldwide. There have been several waves of this infection recorded, and users are always encouraged to learn more about Trojan distribution, so that they could avoid similar intruders in the future.

What’s more, we would like to point out that removing Anchor manually could be quite challenging. Therefore, it would be recommended to invest in a licensed security application that would terminate everything related to Anchor at once. After all, automatic malware removal is the fastest and the most efficient option you have. Read more »

C0hen Locker Ransomware locks not your computer, but some of the files located on it. To be more precise, the malicious application encrypts files, and, as a result, they become unreadable as victims cannot open them. There is a way to restore such data, but it requires having a decryptor and a unique decryption key. Sadly, only the malware’s developers may have these means that could restore files, and they demand a ransom in exchange for them. The worst part is that even if you pay what they ask, you might still end up being scammed. Therefore, we do not recommend putting up with the hackers’ demands. Also, we advise deleting C0hen Locker Ransomware as quickly as you can because if it stays, it might relaunch after you restart your computer and encrypt files that you may yet create or obtain. To learn how to eliminate C0hen Locker Ransomware as well as other things about it, we invite you to read our full report. Read more »

The end and the beginning of a year is always a good season for spammers and cyber crooks. There are so many ways to slither into target systems because of year-end communication between various companies and organizations. The people behind the Lampion Trojan infection seem to have caught up on that. This malicious infection targets users in Portugal by masquerading as an official email from the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax.

There are several stages of this infection, but the technical story aside, the most important thing for users is to remove Lampion and to avoid similar intruders again. Hence, we shall look at those two aspects in our description. Read more »