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What is Delve?

Delve application hold no use for non-user of getwiser.com. Furthermore, it does not hold any significant beneficial traits for users of getwiser.com as most of the time it will present you with various ads. Because of this dubious functionality we recommend that you remove Delve from your system. Delve is and application that is targeted towards the users of getwiser.com a social network mimicking the giants of the industry: Facebook and Google+. The application was developed by Delve Media, Inc., the same company that runs the website that the application is targeted to. Read more »

If you have noticed a full-screen warning claiming that “Your computer has been locked!”, it is very probable that your system has been infected with Kovter Virus. This program is the newest ransomware, which mean that it is going to act very similarly as FBI Virus and Central Security Service Virus. Kovter Virus itself will lock your desktop with a misleading screen-size warning, which means that you will not be able to access your documents and programs. This tactics is used in order to encourage you into paying a ransom, which is $300. However, you should definitely not do that if you do not want to lose your money. Even though the removal of Kovter Virus is not very easy, you will not experience any difficulties if you use the instructions that we have provided for you below the article. Read more »

The ICE Cyber Crime Center Virus is the name of a ransomware infection which locks the screen of a computer in order to suspend your ability to access computer applications. The ICE Cyber Crime Center Virus is the term used to refer to one of the version of the Reveton malware, which has been circulating on the network for a long time and has managed to deceive many computer users around the world. This Trojan horse is spread mainly via adult websites; however, the same behavior is exhibited by some other ransomware infections. Read more »

The CryptoDefense Virus, or simply CryptoDefense, is a highly dangerous computer infection which encrypts computer data so that it cannot be accessed without a secret key or password, which enables the computer user to decrypt the files. When the so-called CryptoDefense Virus encrypts data, the user is provided with a ransom warning, according to which, he/she has to pay $500 in Bitcoins, which is a type of electronic currency. The ransomware program has already infected over 20,000 computers and managed to collect more than $34,000. Payments are made through the Torn network; therefore, the criminals behind CryptoDefense have not been detected yet. Read more »

Even though some computer users install WebPornoTv onto their operating systems themselves, in other cases this application can enters the PC bundled with other programs. As Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have discovered, the official download page (webpornotv.com) no longer supports an active download link. Nonetheless, the application can be installed from pc-on-toolbar.com, updatestar.com, software.informer.com, and other websites supported by third party software distributors. Even though the program presented via these sources might be authentic, you need to beware of the additionally packed applications which you may be unfamiliar with. We suggest you remove WebPornoTv if you have found this application installed onto your personal computer without your consent together with other undesirable computer applications. Read more »

As you may know already, Botnet.cacaoweb is a collection of programs which are connected using the Internet. Unfortunately, this botnet is not used to your benefit. In fact, cyber criminals who have created the botnet can use it to perform various malicious processes, including spam email distribution and DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks. If you do not want to be part of the network used by schemers, you need to remove Botnet.cacaoweb from the Windows operating system as soon as possible. If you do not perform this task, your operating system could be used as a tool to perform highly illegal activity. According to Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers, the botnet could even be employed to infect your own personal computer with dangerous malware. Read more »

Do not be mistaken by the misleading interface of the rogue anti-spyware Windows Defence Unit. This program has been developed by schemers who can activate it with the help of Trojans which are already running on your operating system. The rogue’s components could also be installed onto your PC using social engineering scams and drive-by download tricks. When the fake AV is fully installed onto your computer, it can block executable files partially paralyzing the entire operating system. As our malware researchers have discovered, the infection removes access to such utilities as Task Manager and Registry Editor, denies the connection to the web and the installation of new applications to aggravate Windows Defence Unit removal. Unfortunately, this is the task you need to perform as soon as possible. Read more »

Malware.Generic is an umbrella name for malicious computer infections which may corrupt your operating system and perform highly malicious activity. As Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have discovered, this name can characterize browser helper objects (BHO), adware, Trojan downloaders, keyloggers, monitoring tools, and other malicious threats. Unfortunately, these infections can enter the system secretly and run without your notice for a long time. Needless to say, if you do not remove Malware.Generic from the PC, a number of dangerous processes could be set in action, and this may lead to virtual data theft, malware infiltration and other undesirable activity. Please continue reading the report to learn how to delete all malicious infections from your personal computer. Read more »

If it happens that you cannot access the internet and just keep seeing the message supposedly provided by the Council of Europe, it is very probable that you have encountered Linkup ransomware whose main purpose is to extort as much money as possible from innocent computer users. This malicious software is aimed at those computer users who live in Europe; thus, there is a possibility that it will affect a wide range of computers. You should not believe any word of the fake message that you will notice every time you open your browser and we definitely not recommend doing anything that it requires. The best would be to remove Linkup ransomware entirely from your system if you want to access the internet freely again. Read more »

Cryptorbit is a ransomware infection that denies you desktop access and displays an obnoxious notification on your screen. The only reason why this infection gets into your computer is money, and that is exactly what you should never give to the people behind this scam. Unlike other ransomware applications, Cryptorbit does not accuse you of non-existent crimes. This program is very straightforward in what it wants you to do. However, you need to remove Cryptorbit from your computer and then make sure that you have no other infections in your system, by running a full PC scan with a licensed antimalware tool. Read more »