Digisom Ransomware is a vicious infection that encrypts files and demands a payment in return of their release. In a sense, this infection takes your files hostage, and the worst part is that you might have enabled this yourself. The ransomware is most likely to spread via spam emails (just like Padcrypt 3 Ransomware, Polski Ransomware, and others), in which case, you have opened and executed the infection yourself. According to Anti-Spyware-101.com malware analysts, cyber crooks are very inventive, and they can create highly misleading spam email attacks. For example, the launcher could be introduced to you as a document attached to an email from your bank inquiring to check your latest statement. One click is all that it takes to bring the ransomware to life. If the infection is executed successfully, it immediately encrypts your files. It adds the “7xV.x” extension to their names, which should make it easier for you to spot these files. Unfortunately, you cannot resolve the issue by removing Digisom Ransomware. Despite this, eliminating this infection is crucial. Read more »
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Howtonews.ru
Howtonews.ru is a recently created browser hijacker targeted at users from Russia. As the research reveals, the threat may automatically launch user’s default browser without his permission and redirect him to unreliable web pages showing advertisements, surveys, and so on. Our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com think that such content could be potentially dangerous and recommend avoiding it. However, if you want to stop the redirection and get rid of the ads, you should not keep this browser hijacker any longer and erase it from the system. Apparently, it creates schedule tasks, so it will keep loading suspicious web pages unless you remove it. Those who do not know how to delete Howtonews.ru, could simply slide below the text and use the provided instructions, although if you are facing such threat for the first time, it would be advisable to read more about it. Read more »
Search.searcheasysa.com
Search.searcheasysa.com is obviously a browser hijacker that changes your homepage settings. Most of the time, it happens without your permission, but it does not mean that you have nothing to do with this program’s installation. When we go through the browser hijacker’s distribution methods, you will see that you also play a role in it. However, the most important thing right now is to remove Search.searcheasysa.com from your computer, so that you would avoid potential security issues that could arise with this browser hijacker running on your computer. If your main concern is the removal, please scroll down to the guidelines below this description. Read more »
Search.volfind.com
Search.volfind.com is a questionable search engine that usually comes with Snap.do, a malicious application we covered some time ago. If its infiltration is successful, it immediately sets itself as a homepage. Since it is compatible with all browsers, except Edge, it has, most probably, already shown up to hundreds of users. Search.volfind.com pretends to be a decent search engine that can improve the web searching experience; however, in reality, it is just a browser hijacker which hijacks browsers and then starts generating the revenue for its author. There is no doubt that it has not been released to help users search the web more efficiently, so there is no point in keeping it set as a homepage too. Luckily, it is far from being a malicious application, so its removal should not be that complicated. Of course, you will still have to put some effort into removing it because it enters computers and immediately modifies the Start Page Value in the registry key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main, the prefs.js file keeping preferences of Mozilla Firefox users, and three separate files (Preferences, Web Data, and Secure Preferences) of Google Chrome so that Search.volfind.com could be set as a homepage. Read more »
FPSeek.com
It appears that FPSeek.com is not a legitimate search engine, but a browser hijacker whose primary objective is to replace your browser’s homepage address by stealth and make you use is as your default search engine. You ought to remove it because it replaces the homepage address in particular and counts on you to keep it that way. Our malware researchers say that it this browser hijacker can gather information about you and show personalized advertisements in the search results. The problem is that the promoted links can be supplied by unknown entities and are thus unreliable. In the worst case scenario, this hijacker might get your PC infected with highly dangerous malware. Read more »
Padcrypt 3 Ransomware
Padcrypt 3 Ransomware is one more malware that must be removed if it is ever found up and running on your personal computer. This is crucial as this ransomware exhibits extremely malicious features just like any other application of this category. It is capable of locking your personal files in a quick manner without notifying you in any kind of way. It should be more than obvious that a loss of important data can have detrimental outcomes. To understand how this program is capable of doing all of this, be sure to read our report as we present detailed information that we have gathered during its analysis. A lot of users infect their PC with this malware because they lack knowledge regarding the importance of virtual security. Therefore, our malware experts provide a few tips that will help you maintain a fully secure operating system at all times. Below, you will also find a detailed removal guide that you should use as soon as Padcrypt 3 Ransomware is found active on your PC. Read more »
Search.getfitnow.co
We at Anti-spyware-101.com have recently analyzed a search engine that was reported to promote shady links in its search results. Our cyber security specialists took a look at Search.getfitnow.co and concluded that it is indeed a highly unreliable and possibly malicious search engine. Therefore, we recommend that you remove it from your PC as soon as you can because there is no telling what might happen if you continue using this search engine. If you want to find out more about this shady search engine, please read this whole article. Read more »
Polski Ransomware
Polski Ransomware seems to be targeted at computer users understanding Polish since both the ransom note and suggested articles in it are written in this language. Other than that the malicious application does not seem to be much different from other ransomware. As usual for such infections, it encrypts the victim’s private files, for example, pictures, photos, databases, various documents, etc. To get the decryption tool, the malware’s creators suggest paying a ransom of 249 US dollars in 72 hours. Once the time runs out, it is said the payment will be doubled. However, we would advise you not to let these threats scare you into paying the ransom. Polski Ransomware’s developers may not send the decryptor even if you transfer the money, so it might be safer to find another option for data recovery. Therefore, we recommend erasing the infection either with the instructions added below the article or reliable antimalware software. Read more »
Zekwacrypt Ransomware
Our research team has discovered a malicious program that goes by the name of Zekwacrypt Ransomware. It is crucial to be aware of this application since it is known to be roaming the web nowadays. If you ever come across it, make sure to avoid it at all times. You must do so because this application exhibits extremely malicious functionality; like any other ransomware program, it can lock your personal data in a quick and silent manner. It goes without saying that such functionality of this application cannot be tolerated. In our article, we provide detailed information regarding the inner workings of Zekwacrypt Ransomware along with a few virtual security tips to help you maintain a secure system. If you already have this dubious program active on your computer make sure to use the detailed removal guide that we present below to get rid of it once and for all. Read more »
Hotweb360.com
Hotweb360.com is a potentially risky search engine page that you may not even notice right away in your browsers since it looks very similar to Google. Of course, this kind of resemblance is not a coincidence at all. According to our malware experts at anti-spyware-101.com, the creators do this on purpose to deceive unsuspecting computer users to believe that it is actually Google they find as their home page so they would not even think of a malware infection. However, this is indeed a browser hijacker that belongs to a family of threats that also include identical clones, such as Gogletab.com. The security-related issues with finding this hijacker in your browsers are twofold. First, this malware infection can present to you potentially harmful third-party advertisements and links leading to malicious websites. Second, it is most likely that this threat did not enter your system all alone, which would clearly mean the presence of other malware programs as well. This is why you may not be able to restore order on your system if you only remove Hotweb360.com from your browsers; you also need to hunt down all other possibly harmful programs, too. But before you jump to the end where we reveal how you can eliminate this threat, let us tell you more about this infection so that you can understand how you can infect your system with similar threats and what you can do against it. Read more »
